Postdoc cuts on hold as under-fire STFC announces extra funding
Science and Technology Facilities Council chair Michelle Dougherty confirms ‘top-up’ funding will enable more postdoc recruitment than anticipated
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Rockets are not good metaphors for research success
How we describe research groups can shape how we lead them. It’s time we abandon images that normalise exploitation, says Anders Bach-Mortensen
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Brian Cox attacks ‘devastating’ STFC cuts as postdocs slashed
Research groups told funding for early career posts will fall by two-thirds despite reassurances that postdocs will not bear brunt of cuts
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Postdoc funding delay not caused by STFC cuts, says Vallance
UK science minister says missed deadline for postdoctoral grants was ‘mistake’ unrelated to funding shake-up as he defends reform agenda
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The STFC turmoil bodes ill for UK plc as well as UK physics
Even if delayed grants arrive soon, it is too late to hire postdocs this year, and wider budget cuts will cut the supply of tech skills, says Malcolm Fairbairn
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Is striving for excellence a liability for Europe’s early-career precariat?
In principle, permanent positions are awarded to the most deserving – but perceptions remain that, in reality, many universities value connections over merit. Phillip Haubrock describes his struggles...
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Lab research is ‘individual’, but running the show means teamwork
Lauded bench scientist-turned-administrator Anne Kelso reflects on gender balance, ‘keeping it real’ and why she left her ‘happy place in the lab’
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Swiss referendum on population cap ‘puts science at risk’
Country to vote whether to restrict immigration if numbers continue to grow, potentially affecting international students and researchers
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New chatbot ‘outperforms PhDs on literature reviews’
Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study
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Radenka Maric: foreign academics won’t give up on American dream
Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country
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Move beyond mentorship and ‘sponsor’ women in STEM, says scholar
Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist
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Ed Byrne: ‘Scholarly nirvana’ at KAUST offers lessons to the world
A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of...
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‘Onerous’ four-year visas ‘would deter PhD students from US’
Forcing doctoral students to extend their visas after four years could lead them to look elsewhere, experts warn
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Leaders and academics must rebuild trust – or risk losing excellence
Threat of financial collapse is causing universities to double down on an officious management style that is sapping academic morale, undermining excellence and damaging collegiality between academia...
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Can universities unfreeze China’s graduate job market?
China’s post-pandemic economic slowdown is continuing to depress the graduate job market – and graduates themselves. But while the government looks to universities to address the malaise, many...