UK brain drain myth exposed
British higher education enjoys a substantial "brain gain" in a global academic market that is increasingly dominated by young researchers, a report has concluded. The Higher Education Policy...
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Take train to less strain
Postdocs keen to pay off their student debts might be interested to hear of the job deals available at South West Trains. The company, which has recently been plagued by strikes by members of the...
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Finding funds to care for the kids and the worms
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Patricia Murray's PhD, awarded last year, was at the cutting edge of...
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In the news: Sir Richard Sykes
Sir Richard Sykes has already overseen one big merger. As chief executive of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoWellcome, he managed its union with SmithKline Beecham on December 2000. Now Sir Richard, 60,...
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Nancy Rothwell
Depression has set in since George W. Bush won another four years, but every cloud has a silver lining. Last week began rather well. One of my PhD students passed his viva, my group was shortlisted...
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Is Frodo a postgrad?
A tale circulating by email draws an analogy between doing a PhD and The Lord of the Rings . Here is a shortened version, with apologies to the author. Senior professor Gandalf suggests that Frodo...
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Life's lethal quality control
A US businessman's claims to have found the unseen architect of evolution fell on deaf ears. But after a string of coincidences, some scientists are starting to listen. Geoff Watts reports One day in...
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Putting double helix in its place
Designs for Life
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Target woman
Tuberculosis is no long-gone scourge but a deadly modern-day disease that is increasingly resistant to treatment. Anna Fazackerley meets a woman seeking new ways to attack the bacterium that causes...
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In the news: Tim O'Shea
Tim O'Shea, master of London's Birkbeck College, will be back on an old stamping ground when he becomes principal of the University of Edinburgh in October, succeeding Lord Sutherland. Professor O'...
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Green tea time may be good for your joints
A key ingredient of green tea may provide protection from arthritis. Sheffield University scientists have found that an anti-oxidising enzyme - epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG - seems to halt the...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: David Webb Age: 41 Job: Reader in electronic engineering and member of the photonics research group at Aston...
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Environment suffers damage
The Natural Environment Research Council has cancelled the summer round of its Standard Research Grant awards - worth £10 million - in a bid to address a £13.2 million financial shortfall, The...
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Canada fishes foreign waters
É«ºÐÖ±²¥S reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Canadian universities are seeking unprecedented numbers of new faculty, but critics point out that it is more likely than ever that applicants...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Darren Reynolds Age: 34 Job: Senior lecturer in environmental science/health at the University of the West of England...