Interdisciplinarity lacks clout to keep its cash
Other disciplines and central administration ‘siphon off’ funding, stunting capacity-building and early career researchers, experts say
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Sweden’s education minister vows action against ‘cancel culture’
Minister with a doctorate Mats Persson also tells?THE?he wants Sweden to attract?family-minded international researchers
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Hundreds of science PhDs face axe as doctoral centres shuttered
Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts
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Scientists fear funding threat to ‘stellar’ MRC research units
New Medical Research Council funding model will undermine world-famous research centres, claim researchers
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Daylight on the horizon?
A funding clawback provoked fury from UK scientists, but now all eyes are on a political breakthrough that could reopen the door to Horizon Europe
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Sick of academia? Try the military, says chief defence scientist
Australian armed forces need new blood but are also keen on exchange, says?Tanya Monro
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Ukrainian research backed with creation of new maths institute
Four Fields Medal winners and former European Research Council president among advisory board?for independent?research institute
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Jessica Corner: reforms may ‘substantially shift’ REF weightings
New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation
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Institutions ‘failing to support careers’, say young scientists
Survey of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting attendees shows even those tipped for glory feel insecure and underdeveloped
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Germany’s female professors fund targets smaller universities
Fourth edition of ‘very effective’ programme?will look more closely?at recruitment processes and science disciplines
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THE-Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings research success survey
Are research careers meritocratic? Do universities do enough to support researchers? Is impact more important than publications? Is interdisciplinarity the key to new discoveries? Can...
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THE work-life balance survey 2022
Five years ago, a THE poll painted a bleak picture of work-life balance in the academy. Has the subsequent rise of homeworking eased the pressure? Or are ever-increasing workloads outweighing any...
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US scientists wary of author publication fees under Biden order
Following order of 2025 deadline for taxpayer-funded science to be made freely available to the public, major scientific society warns of costs, especially for women and youth
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Interview with Vicky Avery
Drug discoverer talks about her caravan childhood, her frustration with process inefficiencies and why researchers need to understand the business side
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Rise of Swedish right tipped to turn off international scholars
Lund University dean says many foreign researchers face ‘nuisance’ of an increasingly strict system