Brussels, 05 Mar 2004 A French survey has found that the difficulty of combining career and family roles hampers the international mobility of female researchers. Although the move to postdoc is as...
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
Postdoctoral study is not for everyone, but it's nirvana for creative types who thrive on intellectual challenge, says Anastasia Simi I was in Greece a few weeks ago visiting my family when I got an...
I was disappointed to see my union buying into the idea that academic work is all about research and that teaching is a second-order activity that requires no expert knowledge in one's subject area...
A prepositional change in my piece on academic and other tenure (Opinion, December 16) seems to have made it appear that I "presently" have 75 postdocs. This is, of course, the lifetime number (at an...
Tutorials are vital for a quality learning experience, writes Tim Birkhead
Deadline: 15/01/2006
Stirling University is seeking nine new staff to beef up its enterprise and knowledge-transfer activities. The posts, advertised in today's Times Higher , range from a business development manager to...
Fellowships tempt rising research stars from abroad to UK to strike up long-term relations, writes Zoe Corbyn
Some 9,000 young researchers leave their universities each year. Only 10 per cent of those go to other UK institutions. Is the sector failing to offer the right support or are conditions elsewhere...
Less money and control, more stress - will anyone flourish? asks Tim Birkhead
Scottish Funding CouncilPaul HaganPaul Hagan's career has seen him go from Glasgow to Gambia and back again. Professor Hagan, who has been named the Scottish Funding Council's new director of...
Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves
In light of the unmasking of Belle de Jour as a scientist, Petra Boynton, who blogs about sex and science, says institutions must balance privacy, scholarship and advocacy
As insecurity increasingly defines work, Rosalind Gill glimpses the emerging global 'precariat'