Postgraduate and early career
Junior scholars urged to develop robust profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to boost their careers and ward off risk of ‘shadow self’
PhD holders may not be securing a job as easily as some governments believe
Academic staff must do more to address inequality of access to taught master’s and doctoral degrees, say Sally Hancock and Paul Wakeling
The traditional view of the PhD student as an ‘academic apprentice’ is challenged by a study
Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from £50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.
Universities told to help doctoral students explore wider career opportunities
Worries about funding do deter final-year undergraduates from progressing to postgraduate study, according a new analysis
Plans to raise researcher numbers at risk if study is unaffordable, universities warned
Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities
Criticism of postgraduate loans scheme smacks of the adage: ‘never let a good deed go unpunished’, writes Andrew Wathey
Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30
The chancellor has announced that the government will introduce a postgraduate loans system offering £10,000 to young students
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THE study reveals intense competition for roles at Russell Group universities, despite new openings for those seeking a research career
A thinktank has released modelling based on a popular proposal for a state-backed loan scheme
Nick Hillman considers the likelihood of the government taking concrete steps to help postgraduate students before the election
Institutional survey finds more discontentment among doctoral students than five year ago
Four PhD students from UK universities have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes
A research council has announced £125 million of funding for doctoral training partnerships in the biosciences.
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The University of Leeds has launched a £100 million project to recruit 250 early career researchers to tackle major global challenges
Group to lobby coalition to highlight plight of well educated but broke early career researchers
Students who want to do master’s degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed
Isolation is part of the experience, but peer support groups and co-working can combat loneliness and quell students’ self-doubt
Increased likelihood that master’s and PhD students will already have postgraduate degree
Major challenges facing early career researchers have been highlighted in a new report.
Data analysis suggests discrimination plays a role in higher number of female and BME ‘returnees’
£100,000 PhD funding from the Macular Society and Fight for Sight outstrip offers via MRC doctoral training partnerships
Postgraduate research students who teach call for an end to their ‘appalling treatment’ by the university
1,700 students apply for 350 places on biggest programme ever run in the UK
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
Universities are capitalising on junior academics’ willingness to accept deteriorating working conditions, argues Luke Brunning
Student loans access for a master’s qualification thought to be principal cause
Elephant poo and ageing among the topics outlined in brief by PhD students
Research indicates South Korean academics’ productivity drops over time
The most expensive degrees in the world are said to be subsidising scholarship
Overseas students boost universities’ global links and bolster image with employers, European University Association conference told
Government aims to train 60,000 students at postgraduate level over next nine years
Universities UK warns that new funding models may create ‘significant financial risk’ for institutions
Scholar Siân Lindsay’s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice
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The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.
Contract lecturers down tools in protest over pay ‘that does not reflect hours worked’
Susan Bassnett wonders why PhD examining is still so amateurish and inconsistent in English universities
Business secretary Vince Cable has announced that companies are to recruit postgraduate students to help them break into overseas markets.
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
Doctoral training centres report rise in overseas applicants as graduate salaries lure UK talent
Survey finds earnings fluctuate by department and wages fail to reflect hours worked
Prospective postgraduate students are to be given extra information on how to choose the right course thanks to a new website.
George Osborne has predicted that 22 new Centres for Doctoral Training will “inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers”.
National group would be the UK’s first to target help for minority ethnic doctoral students
Academics discuss how supervisors shaped their teaching
Early career researchers to be represented on university committees
Scheme to be run jointly with Higher Education Funding Council for England
Poor theses often betray inexpert supervision, say external examiners David Alexander and Ian Davis
Academics who complete their PhDs during a recession are significantly more productive in the long-term than those who do so during a boom, research suggests.
Employers unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work
Long hours, job insecurity and need for mentoring noted in global survey of young scientists
