Sarvenaz Sarabipour is tired of academics understanding mentorship through anecdotes. The scientific community “needs a minimum set of standards for good mentorship,” says the Johns Hopkins University systems biologist, which can only be achieved by studying it systematically.

Auch die Wissenschaft ficht Arbeitskämpfe aus. In Deutschland wurde das Reformvorhaben zum Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) zurecht von den betroffenen Wissenschaftler:innen abgelehnt. Aber statt der vorgetragenen Sorge um die "internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" der deutschen Wissenschaft wäre transnationale Solidarität angesichts vielerorts ähnlicher neoliberaler Regierungsmechanismen gefragt.

In the last few months, there has been a series of strikes by teachers in further education colleges across England over pay and conditions, and more strikes look set to impact the post-16 education sector this year. This report examines how pay and retention levels among college teachers in England have changed over time and compared with school teachers.

Group leaders voice their struggles with mental health to remove stigma and bolster institutional support.

If researchers are to meet society's expectations, their training and mentoring must escape the nineteenth century.

Moon landings, mRNA vaccines and climate finance are among the developments set to shape research in the coming year.

Cost-of-living crises, labour shortages and the impact of global politics on research collaborations were among the challenges faced by working scientists in a tumultuous year.

Ten people who helped shape science in 2022

Is a stream of negativity putting people off academia? Let's acknowledge the good, as well as the bad.

As the start of the 2022/23 academic year begins, it’s timely to draw attention to technicians who play a critical role in higher education and research. 

Four researchers describe how they found different ways of responding to the planet's biggest threat - from quitting tenure to overhauling their academic programme.

This article reports on the results of a study looking at the benefits and problems of remote and hybrid conferences, and what the changes in recent years will mean for meetings going forward.

A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.

Adjuncts across the region are protesting what they say are unfair working conditions

Rebuke against Russian science grows as the deadly conflict enters its sixth day.