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With perseverance and adaptability, this scientist found his way forward.
Articles about doing a PhD tend to focus on the difficulties faced by research students: here we argue that the scientific community should also highlight the positive elements of the PhD experience.
As a chance observation threatens to unravel several years of work, a PhD student must choose what to do next.
A study of the culture in academic workplaces suggests that women and PhD students are most likely to be bullied.
Jonathan Park's scientific interests changed after caring for a cancer patient. He ended up bidding an amicable farewell to Mark Gerstein, a supportive supervisor who had taught him a lot.
Research leaders have this week put their weight behind a manifesto calling for moves to make research careers more attractive in a bid to stop the brain drain away from science.
The world has changed a lot since our last global survey of PhD students in 2019. This year's survey includes master's students for the first time.
As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.
Early-career scientists should have a say in developing the policies that can help them in the short term as well as benefit the scientific system in the long term, writes Adriana Bankston.
Lab leader roles are proving more elusive as trainees seek opportunities elsewhere, two studies find.
Scientists from the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community want to see the social value of scientific research better recognised and acknowledged. Published today by Frontiers Policy Labs, a call has been signed by 52 scholars from some of the world's foremost academic institutions. The signatories say that for science to become rooted in decision-making, a new culture of engagement between policymakers and scientists needs to be established.
Spain has set out to improve the lives of its researchers after years of hand to mouth existence and a brain drain that has significantly weakened the public research sector. A reform of a 2011 law will see young researchers getting permanent contracts, recognition of experience gained abroad and new labour rights. At the same time, there will be increased public spending on research.
Evolution favors less work and more leisure.
Outreach activities helped this postdoc grow and find satisfaction in her work as a scientist
Early career researchers (ECRs) will play a key role in transitioning the scientific community to more widespread use of Open Science from pre-registration to publication, but they also face unique challenges in adopting these practices.
Yuning Wang learned to rely less on her supervisor's guidance during her doctoral programme, an important step on the road to research autonomy.
Young scientists provide advice to a researcher, who feels left behind after a difficult pandemic experience.
This paper examines mentorship as a mechanism for individuals to acquire and develop creativity. More specifically, we study the effect of mentor crea…
The role they play in evaluations for graduate school admissions, fellowships and jobs can be baffling.
The former president of the European Research Council (ERC) is sounding an alarm that the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt Europe's supply of scientific talent.
After analyzing numerous department handbooks, Catalysts for Science Policy members offer five recommendations for improving them in ways that build a healthier, more productive environment.
These are some of the negative realities of academic life that people often avoid discussing, as well as some advice for dealing with them along the way.
Fewer than half of respondents to Nature's 2021 salary and satisfaction survey feel positive about their prospects.
When Hurricane Elsa hit her home nation, Sheri McDowell turned to her newly formed support committee.
Survey of 3,500 supervisors lifts the lid on the demands of overseeing junior researchers - and the impacts of the pandemic.
Higher education is one of the most casualised sectors of the UK economy, and for many it means a struggle to get by.
Nearly half of undergraduate tutorials are delivered by staff who lack proper contracts, research shows.
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic.
When two junior researchers joined a search committee, they came up with a way to put equity and inclusion centre stage.
