Israeli academics look abroad as they brace for long haul
With funding and productivity likely to dip as war takes priority, Israeli universities say preserving international links will be vital
With funding and productivity likely to dip as war takes priority, Israeli universities say preserving international links will be vital
Only one in seven research assistants progresses to a principal investigator post. Melanie Newman reports. More career support is needed for the "embittered lost tribe" of postdoctoral researchers...
Prize money of €100,000 (£88,000) handed out on basis of scholars’ three-minute spiels
Anyone who has slogged through school and university to gain a PhD and get a job as a postdoctoral researcher has already demonstrated their dedication to academic life. But too many promising...
Life scientist Christine Milburn has returned to her alma mater, Dundee University, as a generic skills training co-ordinator - one of a number of similar posts established by Scotland's universities...
Postdoctoral researchers have become the "lost tribes of the scientific world", who are used, abused and finally lost by universities, MPs heard this week. During a heated Westminster Hall discussion...
Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding
Chapter withdrawn by Routledge after legal threats, with professor claiming that he had been identified, but denying wrongdoing
Science minister tells researcher conference to ‘watch this space’ on plans for longer fellowships to rival Max Planck’s decade-long offers
The political philosopher and anthropologist talks about the city that made her, what she learned as a squatter and the importance of dance for revolutions
Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?
For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers
Most postdoctoral researchers will end up working outside universities – postdoc adviser Emma Williams has some advice on the tricky business of applying for jobs in different sectors
So far few oppose the inclusion of climate change sociology and economics in university-wide undergraduate courses, but support is thinner for their integration into other curricula
Some fear anti-Anglicisation politician will stick to hard line if he wins big, but even milder consensus to limit non-Dutch teaching to a third of each programme would bring major disruption to many...