How I stripped away postdoc depression
Simon Francis found himself with a PhD in one hand, a toilet brush in the other - and no desire for academic life A year ago, the sense of achievement that my doctorate had once given me had reached...
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Postdocs ‘fear reprisals for calling out workplace abuse’
New project shines light on the discrimination and inequalities faced by precariously employed researchers at UK universities
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Bid to put postdocs into schools
A scheme to put postdocs into schools was launched by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday. The collaboration between schools, universities and industry aims to inspire an interest in science by...
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Trump’s assault on US universities: five views from the chainsaw’s teeth
The administration’s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US’ world-leading higher education system. Here, we present five takes on what is unfolding
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Letter: Postdoc rejection
I am a 39-year-old postdoctoral surrounded by rejection letters for the third year running (Letters, THES , August 17, 24). Based in an English department, my doctoral dissertation was on a...
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Introducing the Cake-factor
Research assessment has made huge progress but measurement of community remains half-baked, say?Mats Persson and?Jan Ch. Karlsson
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Just what the postdocs ordered
Invisible societies of postdoctoral researchers worldwide, most noticeably in the United States, are beginning to reveal themselves in efforts to win better working conditions. Postdocs have long...
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The postdocs who lost millions
David Seetapun and Andrew Felce gave up glittering university careers to trade for huge salaries at leading investment banks. Both lost their jobs as a result of trading losses. British-born Felce...
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The exclusive club for postdoc exiles
The EU calls them TMRs, cross-border postdoctoral centres that it funds to the tune of Pounds 42,000 each. But, asks Judy Redfearn, how are they faring? About 2,000 European postdoctoral researchers...
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Ten tips on applying for a postdoc fellowship
Competition for postdoctoral fellowships is fierce, so your application needs to stand out as realistic, coherent and compelling. Here, five Stanford University scientists reveal 10 tips from their...
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Give researchers two-year minimum contracts, UCU manifesto urges
UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ‘perpetual limbo’, says union-led manifesto
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Which should I choose: my postdoc or my child?
Elena Tobolkina got the job opportunity of a lifetime at Oxford, but the cost of childcare and housing took it away
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Academics ‘not best’ to advise postdocs on leaving academia
Event hears calls for improved careers services in universities to help steer PhD students and postdocs on opportunities
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What could the rise of the AfD mean for German universities?
With its Trump-style promise to smash woke ideology on campus, Germany’s far-right populist party is widely seen as a threat by academics. And with even the country’s mainstream parties promising...
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Italian postdoc reforms ‘could eliminate 5,000 jobs’
Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ‘cannot come for months’