Academics worry the Establishment, and it doesn’t make us unpatriotic
Sir Keith Burnett asks if criticising your country means academics are unpatriotic
Sir Keith Burnett asks if criticising your country means academics are unpatriotic
Funding, freedom from regulation and staff of the highest calibre are the keys to global success
Early career researchers could benefit most from changes to funding structures, says Sven Sewitz, but he is concerned that there simply isn’t the will to make it happen
Only one in 10 PhD graduates will work in academia. Institutions have to do more to ready the other nine for their careers, says a postdoctoral research fellow
An academic described as a ‘giant in theoretical physics’ has died
We all need good advice – the problem is making sure you know where to find it, and how to accept it, says John Tregoning
Elena Tobolkina draws attention to the childcare issues facing early career academics in many UK cities (“Which should I choose: my postdoc or my child?”, Opinion, 9 June). It is incorrect to assert...
University revises policy after backlash from academics
I am quite shocked that the number of “ghost” authors is so high and that there are therefore a significant number of academics who are cutting out graduate students and postdocs from receiving...
Scholars take an audience back to the movie nights of 50 years ago
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
We speak to the head of Nanyang Technological University about the rise of Asia, what it’s like being a European leading a Singaporean institution, and barbecue chicken
Kirsty Rolfe says the portability proposal does nothing to ease the fears and worries of young researchers struggling to start careers
Fears that Britain will leave the EU are deterring academics from taking up posts at UK universities, says Universities UK president Dame Julia Goodfellow
Joint PhD programmes that split doctoral studies between different universities may help to improve low outward mobility