The 51³Ô¹Ï academic freedom survey 2024
As wars, both real and cultural, rage around the world, disputes about academic freedom are becoming ever more fraught. Is freedom of speech under threat on campus? And are some restrictions a...
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Postdoc pitching competition funds ¡®wild¡¯ research proposals
Prize money of?€100,000 (?88,000) handed out on basis of scholars¡¯ three-minute spiels
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Academics fear policy stasis as Germany heads back to polls
Sector leaders fear progress will be stymied?by expected months of political uncertainty
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National Postdoc Appreciation Week: 10 must-read articles for postdocs
For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers?
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Too many postdocs, not enough research jobs
Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities
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Interview with Sam Wass
Expert in?early years development at the University of East London discusses working with children, translating his work for a TV audience and why more?scholars should consider leaving the research...
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Research output higher among postdocs in universities
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
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Postdocs¡¯ career choices swayed by personal values
Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals
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Postdoc Twitter channel sets sights on North America
#ECRchat looks to offer global advice
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Interview with Sahar El Aidy
Microbiologist on her latest breakthrough and why we should care more about our guts
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Careers intelligence: how postdocs can find jobs outside the academy
Most postdoctoral researchers will end up working outside universities ¨C postdoc adviser Emma Williams has some advice on the tricky business of applying for jobs in different sectors
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Israeli research increasingly isolated one year into Gaza war
Sector leaders fear ¡®catastrophic¡¯ damage to scholarship as overseas academics and students leave
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Ambitious postdocs jostle for scant permanent posts
Poor job security a major issue in survey of chemist and physicist PhD graduates, writes Paul Jump
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ETH apologises for postdoc job advert demanding ¡®Nature paper¡¯
Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in
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California postdocs win better employment terms
After 18 months of wrangling, postdoctoral researchers have finally reached an agreement with the University of California over a contract of employment that they hope will set standards for postdocs...