The Spanish and Greek scholars thrust into national politics
Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos
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How to move up from a researcher post to lecturer
Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Attempts to 'gag and silence' academics are commonplace
Marina Warner explains why she chose to speak about her departure from the University of Essex
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What it鈥檚 like to work with the academic greats
Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers
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It鈥檚 right to take a break
Rebecca Braun鈥檚 article about maternity leave for academics (鈥淪he knows, she tried鈥, Features, 23 January) gave a rather negative view of the experience and detracted from some of the progress that...
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Good science requires better teaching
We must change the way we educate students to counter rising scientific misconduct, say Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie
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Working family allowances
Being an academic and a parent is harder than it should be, but not all want children while others make it work regardless
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Hundreds of PhD students chasing every early career post
色盒直播 study reveals intense competition for roles at Russell Group universities, despite new openings for those seeking a research career
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Post-docs cast their vote on "best place to work for postdocs 2004"
Brussels, 25 Nov 2003 Last year the international science magazine The Scientist invited readers in the USA, Canada and western Europe to give their opinions of the 'Best places to work for postdocs...
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Questions over open books
If open access is to be extended to books, two questions need to be put straight away. How are authors and publishers to position the boundary between books for whose publication the author must in...
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Doctor Who and the portfolio career
Kevin Fong advises academics to scale the silo walls occasionally to regenerate their careers
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The聽Science of De-extinction, by Beth Shapiro
Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor
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Academia and beyond: life after a doctorate
Highlighting the challenges of doing a PhD in order to manage the expectations of prospective doctoral candidates, both during and post-PhD, is of course extremely valuable (鈥淭his far, and no聽further...