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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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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How I stripped away postdoc depression
Simon Francis found himself with a PhD in one hand, a toilet brush in the other - and no desire for academic life A year ago, the sense of achievement that my doctorate had once given me had reached...
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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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Bid to put postdocs into schools
A scheme to put postdocs into schools was launched by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday. The collaboration between schools, universities and industry aims to inspire an interest in science by...
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Adviser helps postdocs get on the right track
Anne Forde recently took up a post at Cambridge University as a careers adviser dedicated to supporting postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences, writes Olga Wojtas. Cambridge has about 500...
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Academics With Cats 2016: the winning photographs
Glen Wright reveals the best #AcademicsWithCats of 2016
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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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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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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