Maternity leave as a lecturer: at what cost?
Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover
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'Best and brightest' postdocs rewarded
Twenty newly qualified biomedical scientists have each received £250,000 awards from the Wellcome Trust in a new scheme to help postdoctoral students start their research careers, writes Louise...
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Quarter of arts PhDs ‘neglect career development’
Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study
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Funding cuts blamed as blue-skies research ‘collapses’ in Canada
‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report
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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....
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Tolerance, employability and mobility on new ACU chief’s agenda
Association of Commonwealth Universities can play a central role in making the case for higher education, secretary general says
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Higher education and research are the ‘collateral damage’ of Brexit
The UK wants membership of EU research programmes, but it is hard to see how this happening, says Simon Marginson
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Missed out on a Nobel prize? Here’s how to win one
After this year’s laureates were announced, 50 winners share the secrets of their success
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Do we need a Hippocratic oath for academics?
It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh
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Leader: Let's cherish our postdoc talents
Anyone who has slogged through school and university to gain a PhD and get a job as a postdoctoral researcher has already demonstrated their dedication to academic life. But too many promising...
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Raising concerns
Students and postdocs, as well as administrative staff, will always be considered expendable when they conflict with a senior academic (“Life with an abusive lab boss: one postdoc’s story”, Opinion,...
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UK faces biomedical ‘brain drain’, study warns
One in three scholars in field ‘deeply concerned’ about future research career prospects
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Undergraduates as researchers: vital training, or box-ticking?
Students' work on quantum computing demonstrates their role on the front line of discovery
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Part-time ‘private’ professors: can they save niche subjects?
Medieval employment practice used by University of Amsterdam may help to preserve under-threat humanities disciplines, experts say
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Challenge and opportunity in Canada’s international student boom
Funding restraints mean that hype about double-digit rises in applications may not immediately translate into huge increases in enrolment