Strength training and weight lifting
Professional coaching - a common tool in business - is just starting to make inroads in the academy. Matthew Reisz speaks to advocates of tailor-made tactics for defeating stress, stasis and discord
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Who let them in?
Advisers, administrators, trusted vice-chancellorial aides and henchmen: Mark Leach considers the rise of the 'policy wonks' and the mixed reception afforded a new force in the higher education...
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'Hopeless tide' of red tape threatens the future
The difficulties of securing grant funding as a young researcher are well documented.But just how tough life can be for those at the start of their careers has been highlighted by a scholar who says...
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Built-in obsolescence
Much of the debate about the redeployment of postdocs displays a profound ignorance of the structure and mores of the postdoctoral research system. Because their skills are often highly specialised,...
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Jumping off the page
When Jorge Cham adapted his hugely popular PhD cartoon for film, he eschewed animation and hired real Caltech students and academics for his comically true-to-life doctoral tales. Paul Jump reports
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Inside Higher Ed: Job freefall, job recovery
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Leader: Just who are you here for?
Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves
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If it's not a labour of love, just leave
Postdoctoral study is not for everyone, but it's nirvana for creative types who thrive on intellectual challenge, says Anastasia Simi I was in Greece a few weeks ago visiting my family when I got an...
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Research intelligence - Fancy coming to my place?
Fellowships tempt rising research stars from abroad to UK to strike up long-term relations, writes Zoe Corbyn
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UK academe fights to retain young stars
Some 9,000 young researchers leave their universities each year. Only 10 per cent of those go to other UK institutions. Is the sector failing to offer the right support or are conditions elsewhere...
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When B is better than A
Less money and control, more stress - will anyone flourish? asks Tim Birkhead
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Small research stars deploy RAE gains to shine brighter
The pockets of excellence picked out last year are putting their windfalls to good use, Zoe Corbyn finds
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Appointments
Scottish Funding CouncilPaul HaganPaul Hagan's career has seen him go from Glasgow to Gambia and back again. Professor Hagan, who has been named the Scottish Funding Council's new director of...
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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times
As insecurity increasingly defines work, Rosalind Gill glimpses the emerging global 'precariat'
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What happens in the blog, stays in the blog
In light of the unmasking of Belle de Jour as a scientist, Petra Boynton, who blogs about sex and science, says institutions must balance privacy, scholarship and advocacy