THE Europe University Rankings 2017: powers behind the throne
Figures reveal the UK to be less of a pacesetter than generally thought and the Netherlands to be a real knockout. Simon Baker investigates who might be continental kings after Brexit
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Academics With Cats 2016: the winning photographs
Glen Wright reveals the best #AcademicsWithCats of 2016
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EPSRC wants to know - Where do all the postdocs go?
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is on a mission to find out where the postdoctoral students it funds end up, according to Dame Julia Higgins, the chair of the council. The...
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If you stay put as a PI, be sure to move out of the shadows
Starting out as a principal investigator in your postdoctoral institution can make sense, but you need to make sure you stand apart from your former boss, says Laura Piddock
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Top tips for finding a permanent academic job
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor identifies the top academic ‘habits’ postdocs need to reach the next level
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Cambridge: Brexit ‘cliff edge’ risks huge fall in EU student numbers
Universities warn parliamentary inquiry that Brexit vote already deterring staff and students from coming to UK
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Libraries ‘becoming invisible’ to junior scholars
Many early career researchers have ‘not gone to the library for years’, according to report
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Scottish postdocs offered skills training
Life scientist Christine Milburn has returned to her alma mater, Dundee University, as a generic skills training co-ordinator - one of a number of similar posts established by Scotland's universities...
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Just what the postdocs ordered
Invisible societies of postdoctoral researchers worldwide, most noticeably in the United States, are beginning to reveal themselves in efforts to win better working conditions. Postdocs have long...
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Can joint PhDs get more Brits studying abroad?
Joint PhD programmes that split doctoral studies between different universities may help to improve low outward mobility
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Gendered adjectives: do you want to be described as hard-working?
University staff may often write letters of recommendation in a very gendered way, warns Dame Athene Donald
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What does it take to top the World University Rankings?
Funding, freedom from regulation and staff of the highest calibre are the keys to global success
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Universities must prepare ECRs for life outside academia
Only one in 10 PhD graduates will work in academia. Institutions have to do more to ready the other nine for their careers, says a postdoctoral research fellow