Bullying is a feature of UK research universities, not a bug
Departmental hierarchies, job precarity and institutions’ need to protect their star professors enables bullies to thrive in Britain’s top universities, says Wyn Evans
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Does climate activism help or hinder an academic career?
Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms...
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Nobelist: scientific success ‘no barrier’ to work-life balance
Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time
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Another Wiley journal board resigns after month-long strike
Departing editors accept that there’s ‘no shortage of academics’ to replace them as they call for ‘concerted action’
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s fall from grace could have happened to anyone
We must reform a science culture that sometimes seems to value impact and quantity over importance and quality, say Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall
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Nobelists divided over ‘sink or swim’ mentorship in science
Laureate says research laboratories ‘are not kindergartens’, but other prizewinners urge a more supportive approach
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Can the REF really address the research environment crisis?
The 2028 exercise’s measurement of the quality of research environments will account for a quarter of overall marks. But what exactly does quality look like? Can it really be measured? And are there...
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The postdoc shining a light on the plight of China’s gay scholars
Coming out becoming ‘increasingly risky’ on Chinese campuses, says academic who left the country
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How a peripatetic career made Emmanuelle Charpentier a Nobelist
After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’
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Big data could help mitigate the affirmative action ban
It isn’t perfect, but data and analytics could capture the disadvantages applicants face and the diversity they may represent, says Carlo Ratti
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Italian postdoc reforms ‘could eliminate 5,000 jobs’
Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ‘cannot come for months’
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More early career scientists winning NIH funding
Leading US science funding agency reports three straight years of record levels of awards to its early-stage applicants, with some gender and racial gains
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Germany’s leading rector wants to end university hierarchies
Walter Rosenthal aims to use German Rectors’ Conference presidency to find common ground between applied science and traditional universities
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In Germany, university leaders from the east are still a rarity
Progress is being made on promoting women to top positions, but very few presidents hail from the former Communist bloc
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Casuals, let’s resist universities’ monstrous, penny-pinching ‘systems’
Doing admin is a poor use of your time as an expert. Make sure you invoice for it at your highest rate, says Andy Farnell