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A postdoctoral position was once the passport to a research post for life. But the inexorable growth in numbers of postdoctoral researchers means competition for academic careers is fierce. Paul Jump...
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Unlucky Jim fails to find a foothold as Lucky Jim holds firm
Unless baby-boomers are coaxed down from the top of the tree, new postdocs' careers will not get off the ground, argues Peter Geoghegan
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Research Intelligence - Bright young things with time to shine
Dale fellowships aim to empower new scholars to ask 'really difficult questions'. Paul Jump reports
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News in Brief
University accessFive go mad in OxbridgeFive high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge over three years than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges put together, a report by the Sutton Trust...
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Fallen union leader calls for coalition of the willing
AAUP must stop navel-gazing and form alliances to protect staff, Gary Rhoades tells Jon Marcus
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News in brief
Ethical donationsReject tobacco cash, urges CRUKDurham University has been asked by a senior official at Cancer Research UK to return funding from British American Tobacco. The firm donated ?125,000...
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Research Intelligence - Briefing encounters
Pairing rapid-response scientific expertise with breaking news stories is the Science Media Centre's core mission. Paul Jump reports
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Research intelligence - Worth the paper it's written on?
How important are doctoral students to research - and vice versa? Jon Cartwright reports
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Who let them in?
Advisers, administrators, trusted vice-chancellorial aides and henchmen: Mark Leach considers the rise of the 'policy wonks' and the mixed reception afforded a new force in the higher education...
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Powered by the people
Independent 'citizen scientists' have always existed, says Darrel Ince, and our networked age of fast computing and open access is helping them to flourish - to the greater good of research
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Jumping off the page
When Jorge Cham adapted his hugely popular PhD cartoon for film, he eschewed animation and hired real Caltech students and academics for his comically true-to-life doctoral tales. Paul Jump reports
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Strength training and weight lifting
Professional coaching - a common tool in business - is just starting to make inroads in the academy. Matthew Reisz speaks to advocates of tailor-made tactics for defeating stress, stasis and discord
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Because of Family Responsibilities, Women Researchers are Less Internationally Mobile Than Men, Study Shows
Brussels, 05 Mar 2004 A French survey has found that the difficulty of combining career and family roles hampers the international mobility of female researchers. Although the move to postdoc is as...
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Because of Family Responsibilities, Women Researchers are Less Internationally Mobile Than Men, Study Shows
Brussels, 05 Mar 2004 A French survey has found that the difficulty of combining career and family roles hampers the international mobility of female researchers. Although the move to postdoc is as...
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Research executive
The verb that describes what postdocs do (besides assisting a lot of teaching) is "to execute research" (Opinions, April 20). In grant proposals, the academic staff who will be paid to do the work...