Cancer research leader: Covid shows value of fundamental science
Kristian Helin, incoming head of the Institute of Cancer Research, reflects on lessons learned from pandemic
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William Dalzell, 1936-2021
Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems
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Online research relationships blossom in pandemic
With academic conferences on hold, novel ways of collaborating have taken off – from preprints and digital networks to AI-backed matchmaking, writes Jack Grove
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Careers intelligence: how postdocs can find jobs outside the academy
Most postdoctoral researchers will end up working outside universities – postdoc adviser Emma Williams has some advice on the tricky business of applying for jobs in different sectors
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Precarity means top students quitting academia, warns OECD expert
Report author says increasing funding would only lead to more insecurity, and culture shift is needed instead
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Europe to splash €35 billion on research in pandemic stimulus
Wave of money is ‘truly unprecedented’, says Italian rectors’ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap
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Research intelligence: big ideas to improve research culture
Scientific leaders and politicians have embraced calls to reduce the stress and precarity faced by researchers. Jack Grove examines some radical proposals
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Choosing a PhD lab: should we fix the advice or fix the system?
Talking to lab members is not very revealing when they are habituated into an abusive culture, says Joana Vieira
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Will graphic novels ever be taken seriously as research outputs?
Recent examples explore everything from radical vaudeville to the legacy of slavery
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Three hard truths I learned before moving to a non-academic career
Your new manager likely doesn’t have a PhD, and she’s higher on the food chain because experience is more valued than a doctorate, says Janelle Ward
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MEP backs European careers framework to tackle research precarity
Webinar hears that postdocs are being ‘deprofessionalised’ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators
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End huge obstacles to student mobility within MENA, summit told
THE event hears benefits of emulating Bologna Process would be huge, but efforts might need to start small
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The ‘Hidden REF’ will highlight research’s unacknowledged heroes
The focus of research evaluation on papers and grants excludes far too many vital contributions. We must change that, says Simon Hettrick
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ETH apologises for postdoc job advert demanding ‘Nature paper’
Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in
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If you’re a jobseeker, or might become one, you need LinkedIn
Academics are often unusual jobseekers with specific skills − LinkedIn allows you to take control of your professional self-narrative, says Stacy Hartman