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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
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
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...
As insecurity increasingly defines work, Rosalind Gill glimpses the emerging global 'precariat'
The pockets of excellence picked out last year are putting their windfalls to good use, Zoe Corbyn finds
Deadline: 16/11/2006
Polly Arnold is happy to have traded MIT's 24-hour stress for Scottish teamwork. Olga Wojtas reports
Elizabeth Barlow is indeed one of the lucky ones ("Life for PhD students is on the up", August 11). The Roberts review may have benefited researchers in the sciences and engineering and social...
Many academics take only two weeks' holiday a year, according to a Loughborough University academic who says it is 15 years since he had more than a fortnight's leave. Russ Bowman, professor of...
Staff say that pressures to get more students through quickly are harming standards. Phil Baty reports
Officials must not forget that staff are responsible for a university's success, says Philip G. Altbach
Michael Willis, chemistry lecturer, Chemical Research Laboratory, department of chemistry, Oxford University. Job advertised in The Times Higher , June 16, 2006 After two weeks of unpacking and...
Tim Birkhead challenges a state of affairs where academics are too busy chasing research grants to inspire their students
Journals want 'no ifs and buts' research, but Tim Birkhead wants honesty
Cancer Research UK is planning to fund a network of 20 research centres in British universities over the next two years, writes Melanie Newman. The centres will focus on research into the disease and...
Postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers are failing to make employers aware of their skills, according to analysis carried out by the UK Grad programme. UK Grad presented a new meta-analysis of...