The ߣߣÊÓƵ academic freedom survey 2024
As wars, both real and cultural, rage around the world, disputes about academic freedom are becoming ever more fraught. Is freedom of speech under threat on campus? And are some restrictions a...
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Interview with Sam Wass
Expert in early years development at the University of East London discusses working with children, translating his work for a TV audience and why more scholars should consider leaving the research...
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Interview with Sahar El Aidy
Microbiologist on her latest breakthrough and why we should care more about our guts
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Israeli research increasingly isolated one year into Gaza war
Sector leaders fear ‘catastrophic’ damage to scholarship as overseas academics and students leave
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German universities could be ‘less attractive’ as far right rises
Success of anti-immigration AfD in Saxony and Thuringia alarms German sector
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Academic networking: a cynic’s game?
Junior scholars are urged to do all they can to build bridges with the people who can give them jobs and promotions. But how calculating should they be about who to approach? How should they do it?...
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Will 10-year budgets really lead to step change for UK research?
New Labour government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced
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Didier Queloz: ‘space science is a revolutionary force for good’
Studying the heavens might seem a detached activity but the impact of stargazing has been immense throughout history, explains Nobel laureate
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Will the funding crisis confine UK research to elite universities?
At a time of increasing financial constraint, jobs are being shed even in UK departments that ride high in the Research Excellence Framework, while time allocations for research are being cut. Can a...
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Renaming postdocs and PhD students would boost respect, pay, progression
What other industry would deem those with so much prior training to still be mere trainees? Let’s call them what they are – researchers, says Michele Nardin
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Academic careers recommended by just one in six postdocs: survey
Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia
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Konstantin Novoselov: graphene’s future is still bright
Nobel prizewinner reflects on the early hype over graphene, why Brexit damaged British science, and how geopolitics is harming research
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‘Post-PhD transition fund’ urged to ease pressure on postdocs
Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report
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Call to boycott publisher after sexual misconduct book scrapped
Chapter of Sexual Misconduct in Academia was previously withdrawn after academic claimed he was identified
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Tardy interview expense repayments are limiting postdocs’ job chances
Upfront costs can run into thousands of pounds, so speedy repayment is vital for equal access to permanent employment, says Eleanor Palser