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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How to be happy: academics advise on what brings joy at work
From neuroscience to philosophy and economics, seven scholars relate what work in their disciplines reveals about the search for #HEhappiness
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Here’s what you need to know about ‘failure’ before you start your PhD
Taking an unconventional route after studying for a doctorate should not be seen as a failure, says Fiona Whelan
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Of monsters and mentors: PhD disasters, and how to avoid them
Despite all that’s been done to improve doctoral study, horror stories keep coming. Here three students relate PhD nightmares while two academics advise on how to ensure a successful supervision
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ 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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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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Academics With Cats 2016: the winning photographs
Glen Wright reveals the best #AcademicsWithCats of 2016
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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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The postdocs who lost millions
David Seetapun and Andrew Felce gave up glittering university careers to trade for huge salaries at leading investment banks. Both lost their jobs as a result of trading losses. British-born Felce...
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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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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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Postdocs are the 'lost tribes of the science world'
Postdoctoral researchers have become the "lost tribes of the scientific world", who are used, abused and finally lost by universities, MPs heard this week. During a heated Westminster Hall discussion...