Poisonous science: the dark side of the lab
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science
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Maternity leave as a lecturer: at what cost?
Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover
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Quarter of arts PhDs āneglect career developmentā
Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ādistractionā or a āwaste of timeā, says study
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Funding cuts blamed as blue-skies research ācollapsesā in Canada
āShockingā shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report
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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....
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Tolerance, employability and mobility on new ACU chiefās agenda
Association of Commonwealth Universities can play a central role in making the case for higher education, secretary general says
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Higher education and research are the ācollateral damageā of Brexit
The UK wants membership of EU research programmes, but it is hard to see how this happening, says Simon Marginson
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Missed out on a Nobel prize? Hereās how to win one
After this yearās laureates were announced, 50 winners share the secrets of their success
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Leader: Let's cherish our postdoc talents
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...
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Do we need a Hippocratic oath for academics?
It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh
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Raising concerns
Students and postdocs, as well as administrative staff, will always be considered expendable when they conflict with a senior academic (āLife with an abusive lab boss: one postdocās storyā, Opinion,...
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UK faces biomedical ābrain drainā, study warns
One in three scholars in field ādeeply concernedā about future research career prospects
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Undergraduates as researchers: vital training, or box-ticking?
Students' work on quantum computing demonstrates their role on the front line of discovery
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Postdocs cover for teaching shortfall
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
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Part-time āprivateā professors: can they save niche subjects?
Medieval employment practice used by University of Amsterdam may help to preserve under-threat humanities disciplines, experts say