Doctor Who and the portfolio career
Kevin Fong advises academics to scale the silo walls occasionally to regenerate their careers
Kevin Fong advises academics to scale the silo walls occasionally to regenerate their careers
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...
The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?
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 (※This far, and no?further...
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?
An academic talks about her experience, the impact on her work and the long road to recovery
We must change the way we educate students to counter rising scientific misconduct, say Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie
The REF*s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs* report on women in science &weak*
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs* report on women in science &weak*
Reassure junior researchers but make senior scientists know they*re being watched, scholar argues
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
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