Fixed term and permanent: my two academic lives
Rejection hurts more when you don't have a long-term contract to fall back on, says Helen Lees.
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French woman aged 91 gets PhD after 30 years
Colette Bourlier, who awarded a high distinction for her thesis on immigrant workers, said it took so long because she ‘took breaks’.
Learn to read between the lines of a job ad
Understanding what an ad’s language really means will help you optimize your job search results.
The self-fulfilling prophecy of fear of academic failure
Academic success in Higher Education is influenced by a number of different factors. This paper tackles the question if the individual levels of motivation, anxiety, enjoyment and self-efficacy, measured immediately before entering university, influence the probability of academic success. Former studies have shown an influence of the high school grade, the learning environment and motivational variables. They do not investigate, however, the individual levels of the mentioned constructs before the beginning of the studies. This research was conducted at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland. The sample includes 695 first-year students who provided information about the individual level of the mentioned constructs.
The scientist's dilemma: can you be a parent, a partner, a friend #AndAScientist?
What makes elite academics move?
Children’s ages, peer environment quality, and recent funding affect decisions to move to new institutions, a new study suggests
Lab life: Lone-parent scientist : Naturejobs
Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers.
Good scientist or successful academic? You can't be both
Reflecting on the plight of the early career scholar prompts Xenia Schmalz to draw up a research manifesto.
Postgraduate researchers 'happy with university experience'
Four out of five postgraduate research students are happy with their university experience, a new study has suggested.
A bridge to business
PhD holders should not underestimate their value to industry and the business sector.
Research quality declines with scientists' age, study finds
Authors argue this means universities should spend less on senior academics and give promising younger scholars more of a chance
Faking it
In the face of routine rejection, many scientists must learn to cope with the insidious beast that is impostor syndrome.
Insider's view of faculty search kicks off discussion online
A Harvard professor reveals how his hiring committee whittles down the pile of job applications.
You want a letter? You write it for me
A few years back, I asked two colleagues for letters of support for my grant proposal. One colleague drafted a letter personally. The other, citing heavy time pressures, asked me to draft the letter myself.
Wrapping it up in a person
Report examining employment and earnings outcomes for Ph.D. recipients.
Burning out faculty at doctoral research universities
Grantsmanship and service activities appeared as the most critical factors associated with faculty burnout.
The postdoc's dilemma: when to give up on romance and file for divorce?
For most young researchers, academic research is the love of their life. But how much can and should be sacrificed for this love?
How to build a better PhD
There are too many PhD students for too few academic jobs - but with imagination, the problem could be solved.
A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories
A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories
An analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers.
Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink
A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..
2015 Nature graduate-student survey
Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.
Pressure to publish may discourage innovative research
The researchers' conclusions are drawn from a database they assembled of more than 6 million scholarly publications in biomedicine and chemistry.
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