Nine in 10 British Academy postdocs get permanent academic jobs
Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy
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Trump’s Columbia cuts start hitting postdocs and professors
But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended
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Postdoc publications ‘more important for career than PhD success’
Academic hiring focused on star doctoral graduates should instead focus on what comes afterwards, advises longitudinal study
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Move beyond mentorship and ‘sponsor’ women in STEM, says scholar
Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist
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Ed Byrne: ‘Scholarly nirvana’ at KAUST offers lessons to the world
A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of...
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‘Onerous’ four-year visas ‘would deter PhD students from US’
Forcing doctoral students to extend their visas after four years could lead them to look elsewhere, experts warn
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Jobs fail to materialise as Spanish postdoc talent scheme ends
María Zambrano programme was designed to attract international talent – but many recipients say no effort has been made to retain them
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Postdocs undervalued as PhD mentors
They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don’t formalise the link, analysts warn
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Can universities unfreeze China’s graduate job market?
China’s post-pandemic economic slowdown is continuing to depress the graduate job market – and graduates themselves. But while the government looks to universities to address the malaise, many...
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Leaders and academics must rebuild trust – or risk losing excellence
Threat of financial collapse is causing universities to double down on an officious management style that is sapping academic morale, undermining excellence and damaging collegiality between academia...
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My Oxford Year is wrong to normalise staff-student romances
Netflix’s university-set romcom is strangely silent about the ethics of college tutors sleeping with their students, says Robert Dingwall
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Svein St?len: ‘Collaboration harder now but still a must’
Outgoing rector of University of Oslo says culture of openness changed into one dominated by national priorities during his eight years in charge of Norway’s top-ranked institution
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The UK’s immigration hall of mirrors is making me reflect on my future
If the UK doesn’t want skilled migrants any more, maybe my contributions would be better appreciated in the Global South, says?Meron Wondemaghen
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Gender gap present from start of academic careers, study finds
Address early career ‘glass door’ as well as promotion glass ceiling, policymakers urged
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‘It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to come to America given the news’
US-based researchers have dominated the Nobel prizes, but more than one-third of them were born abroad, drawn by the US’ world-leading research ecosystem. But many?Nobel laureates fear that Donald...