Why fast food PhDs don’t nourish
THE's Asia-Pacific editor John Ross ponders the pluses of a slow-cooked doctorate
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Working in academia should not be damaging
Universities’ demands are taking too great a toll on individuals’ health and happiness, as our first work-life balance survey shows
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THE World University Rankings 2019: engagement with business brings a multitude of riches
Successful partnerships with industry players hinge on location and circumstances, while funding is only part of the picture, says Sarah Wild
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Tips for those tough post-PhD, pre-postdoc days
Doing everything you can to keep a “toehold” in your field while looking for postdoctoral positions was one of the pieces of advice offered at a session on life after the PhD at a conference last...
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Are academic or professional editors the best for journals?
Which is the better option when it comes to running academic journals – the professional editor or the academic one? Rachael Pells analyses the pros and cons of each
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UK re-establishes dominance in ERC advanced grants scheme
Academics at British institutions make one in four successful bids in 2017 funding round, underlining risks of Brexit
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Academics report harassment at political science conference
Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting
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Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder’s Work in Neuroscience, by Charlotte Nassim
Book of the week: A ‘thought biography’ reveals elements that make for success in science, Rivka Isaacson finds
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Postdoc blues
How disappointing that you call postdoctoral researchers "students" ("Get a life? Not with our hours", THES , August 22). They are highly qualified professionals, many world experts in their fields....
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The Francis Crick Institute: living up to expectations?
It’s still early days for the £650 million biomedical research centre, but its director believes it is showing signs of fulfilling its promise
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Are teaching and research mutually exclusive?
Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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Interview with Caroline Dean
The biologist on how a box of tulip bulbs encouraged her to research plants and why women must expand their comfort zone
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Fresh anger over UK visa regime as scholar forced to leave Oxford
鶹 Office decision to decline a visa for postgraduate researcher’s 22-month-old baby sparks anguish at laboratory ‘struggling’ to recruit
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We need a middle path to data democracy
There must be greater permeability between universities and tech giants if we want to protect data from corporate interests and use it for the public good