Poisonous science: the dark side of the lab
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science
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Quarter of arts PhDs 鈥榥eglect career development鈥
Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a 鈥榙istraction鈥 or a 鈥榳aste of time鈥, says study
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Maternity leave as a lecturer: at what cost?
Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover
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Funding cuts blamed as blue-skies research 鈥榗ollapses鈥 in Canada
鈥楽hocking鈥 shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report
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Tolerance, employability and mobility on new ACU chief鈥檚 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 鈥榗ollateral damage鈥 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鈥檚 how to win one
After this year鈥檚 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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Raising concerns
Students and postdocs, as well as administrative staff, will always be considered expendable when they conflict with a senior academic (鈥淟ife with an abusive lab boss: one postdoc鈥檚 story鈥, Opinion,...
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Postdocs embittered by lack of career prospects
Only one in seven research assistants progresses to a principal investigator post. Melanie Newman reports. More career support is needed for the "embittered lost tribe" of postdoctoral researchers...
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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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UK faces biomedical 鈥榖rain drain鈥, study warns
One in three scholars in field 鈥榙eeply concerned鈥 about future research career prospects
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Part-time 鈥榩rivate鈥 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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Oxford academics challenge 鈥榗ompulsory retirement鈥 rules
Researchers have triggered another vote over rules they believe to be 鈥榰nlawful鈥 and 鈥榰nfair鈥
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Challenge and opportunity in Canada鈥檚 international student boom
Funding restraints mean that hype about double-digit rises in applications may not immediately translate into huge increases in enrolment