Chemistry lab culture fails to attract women
The number of young women who leave chemistry after postgraduate study is an "unforgivable waste", according to an eminent chemical engineer. Julia Higgins, professor of polymer science at Imperial...
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Thirty-somethings are sick of grumpy old staff
A generation gap divides academe. Jim Mills wants more senior members to stop moaning and smell the roses It was all good news as we met at the British Library. Most of us knew one another from...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Find science's missing millions
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
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Find science's missing millions
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
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Overworked students suffer lower quality of learning
Students at Oxford University are so overworked that the quality of their learning may be damaged, according to a consultation document from Oxford's key educational policy and standards committee,...
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UK brain drain myth exposed
British higher education enjoys a substantial "brain gain" in a global academic market that is increasingly dominated by young researchers, a report has concluded. The Higher Education Policy...
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Take train to less strain
Postdocs keen to pay off their student debts might be interested to hear of the job deals available at South West Trains. The company, which has recently been plagued by strikes by members of the...
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Finding funds to care for the kids and the worms
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Patricia Murray's PhD, awarded last year, was at the cutting edge of...
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Nancy Rothwell
Depression has set in since George W. Bush won another four years, but every cloud has a silver lining. Last week began rather well. One of my PhD students passed his viva, my group was shortlisted...
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In the news: Sir Richard Sykes
Sir Richard Sykes has already overseen one big merger. As chief executive of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoWellcome, he managed its union with SmithKline Beecham on December 2000. Now Sir Richard, 60,...
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Is Frodo a postgrad?
A tale circulating by email draws an analogy between doing a PhD and The Lord of the Rings . Here is a shortened version, with apologies to the author. Senior professor Gandalf suggests that Frodo...