Cancer experts look to China for talent
Leading UK cancer experts flew to China this week to recruit young research stars and make inroads into an academic sector that many UK scientists find bewildering. Scientists from the charity Cancer...
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Science chief quits after PhD scrutiny
Ireland's new science strategy suffered a severe blow this week when the Government's chief science adviser, Barry McSweeney, stood down after the revelation that his PhD was from an unaccredited US...
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Fellows share ?50m pot
Manchester University emerged as the big winner in the second round of Research Councils UK Fellowship Awards designed to nurture postgraduate talent. Manchester won 22 of the 400 fellowships...
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Even a social animal had to learn to use the schmooze
Wary of parties? Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers advice on avoiding faux pas, while Anna Fazackerley discovers the secrets of a supreme networker When scientist Nancy Lane graduated from Oxford...
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Inexact science with an irresistible pull
Supernova: the Black Hole BBC Two, 10pm Tuesdays from October 11 Despite my 35 years' experience of astronomy and professional observers, it had never occurred to me that an observatory could provide...
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Brain drain of UK biochemists is slowing, finds survey
Brussels, 23 Feb 2005 The number of UK biochemistry PhD graduates that choose to work abroad or leave science altogether fell sharply in 2003, according to the latest edition of the UK Biochemical...
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Doubly good way to get into circulation
Cross-border, joint supervision of doctoral candidates can have benefits for everyone, says Ruth Morse. Mobility has become one of those undoubted goods to which we all subscribe, and it implies some...
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Doubly good way to get into circulation
Cross-border, joint supervision of doctoral candidates can have benefits for everyone, says Ruth Morse. Mobility has become one of those undoubted goods to which we all subscribe, and it implies some...
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Jobs gloom
In response to Julia Goodfellow ("Women told to find 'lab of their own' to succeed", June 4), I would love to have a lab of my own and a grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
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Chemistry lab culture fails to attract women
The number of young women who leave chemistry after postgraduate study is an "unforgivable waste", according to an eminent chemical engineer. Julia Higgins, professor of polymer science at Imperial...
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The sticky issue of fudging it
Misconduct is part of human nature, laments Tim Birkhead. Even scientists are at it It's not been a good week: a lot of exam marking, a wet field course and three separate instances of scientific...
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Final stage of a long labour
It's been a long haul for the four PhD students The Times Higher is following. Michael North finds them pondering their next career moves. The arrival of a baby boy, Zeki, has made the last year of...
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Should we plug the brain drain? The pros and cons of scientist mobility
Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 Researchers have always been relatively mobile workers, and it is widely accepted that international cooperation and exchanges of ideas are essential for the advancement of...
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Raising the impact of COST through competition
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 One of the oldest organisations supporting European research, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is initiating reforms that will...
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US must take steps to attract the best international scientists, argues new report
Brussels, 12 May 2005 In light of the increased global competition for top-level students and researchers, a comprehensive effort is needed to attract the best to the US, according to a new report by...