German universities could be &less attractive* as far right rises
Success of?anti-immigration AfD in Saxony and Thuringia alarms German sector
Success of?anti-immigration AfD in Saxony and Thuringia alarms German sector
Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria?that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding
Warwick v-c tasked with stopping 'smart kids' turning their backs on science tells Zoe Corbyn he 'has form'
Junior scholars are urged to do all they can to build bridges with the people who can give them jobs and promotions. But how calculating should they be about who to approach? How should they do it?...
Anne Forde recently took up a post at Cambridge University as a careers adviser dedicated to supporting postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences, writes Olga Wojtas. Cambridge has about 500...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is on a mission to find out where the postdoctoral students it funds end up, according to Dame Julia Higgins, the chair of the council. The...
Drastic cuts necessary?if?funding situation not resolved, government agency warns
Martin Chalfie argues that young scientists who &play the game* of publishing in selective journals are less likely to win permanent posts
Postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences and humanities are twice as likely to secure permanent posts in their universities than those in the biological and physical sciences, official figures...
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 A survey by The Scientist has found that access to publications and journals is considered the most important attribute of a university by postdoctorate researchers. The journal...
Brussels, 19 Feb 2004 A survey by The Scientist has found that access to publications and journals is considered the most important attribute of a university by postdoctorate researchers. The journal...
Senior scientists say severe shortage of junior scientists from European Union threatens quality of UK research
New Labour?government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced
New programme hopes to take Israel-US 'academic friendship to the next level*
Studying the heavens might seem a detached activity but the impact of stargazing has been immense throughout history, explains Nobel laureate