Research stars like talent by their side
Anna Fazackerley looks at a trend for academics to travel in teams to new posts Most universities cannot lure research stars by offering super-size salaries, not least because it would not look good...
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Popular beat may drown out genius
The 'audit society' rewards those scientists who dance to its tune, says Peter Lawrence. Too busy working? Two left feet? Too bad It is fun to imagine songwriters being assessed as scientists are...
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Female quartet engineer big success at Edinburgh
Four women have made history at Edinburgh University through their appointment as professors in the School of Engineering and Electronics. Rebecca Barthelmie, Rebecca Cheung, Andrea Schaefer and Roya...
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Today's news
Jobs cull is gathering pace Hundreds of academic jobs are being culled across Britain as smaller and middle-ranking universities restructure subject provision to compete for research cash. ...
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Ask the panel
I have a question about my conditions of employment as a postdoc on a Natural Environment Research Council project. Is it usual practice to issue contracts on a yearly basis for projects funded for...
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Research council demands that fellows spread the word
Susan Deuchars's academic fellowship involves not only research and teaching but also explaining her brand of biological science to primary schoolchildren and even a Beaver Cub group, writes Anthea...
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Revolution is in the air
Reform is widely felt to be overdue for French higher education, but its proponents face an entrenched and powerful universities system. Matthew Reisz assesses the appetite for change
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?8m pot to coax wary publicists
RCUK supports researchers fearful of disapproving peers, writes Anthea Lipsett Academics keen to boost their public profiles and publicise their work will benefit from an ?8 million initiative to...
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From brain drain to bright future
Cambridge leads the field in producing Nobel science laureates, but many of the UK's best scientists have left to pursue work in the US. Matthew Reisz finds out from past winners what tempted them to...
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'What a waste': 2008's rejects vent dismay
Online, those academics left out of the research assessment tell of pain, politics and bias, writes Zo? Corbyn. Ben Anderson was excluded from the research assessment exercise because neither his...
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Blue-sky thinking that led to an astronomical ambition
Profile: Lisa Jardine-Wright astrophysicist, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Lisa Jardine-Wright is on a mission: to change the image of physics, writes Rebecca Attwood. With the number of...
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UK boosts its tally of Nobel laureates
Universities hope signing up big names will inspire new stars, says Tony Tysome. Manchester University is close to recruiting another Nobel laureate, adding to the UK's haul of international research...
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Regions lose skills as PhDs follow jobs
Study examines impact of postdocs' mobility on local economies, says Olga Wojtas Two fifths of PhD students move out of the geographical region in which they study after finishing their doctorate, a...
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JAF Meeting 15/16 February 2006, Agenda Item 10 - a New COST Instrument: Young Investigators Network (YIN) (link)
Brussels, Jan 2006 Full text of Document 204/06 Suite of documents 204/06 To: COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) Subject: JAF meeting 15/16 February 2006, agenda item 10 - A new COST Instrument...
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Life for PhD students is 'on the up'
Elizabeth Barlow is one of the lucky ones, writes Mark Rodgers. Dr Barlow is a research fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Southampton University and she said that she was surprised to...