Postgraduate and early career
Research indicates South Korean academics¡¯ productivity drops over time
The most expensive degrees in the world are said to be subsidising scholarship
Overseas students boost universities¡¯ global links and bolster image with employers, European University Association conference told
Government aims to train 60,000 students at postgraduate level over next nine years
Universities UK warns that new funding models may create ¡®significant financial risk¡¯ for institutions
Scholar Si?n Lindsay¡¯s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice
Colleen Flaherty reports for from the Modern Language Association conference 2014
The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.
Contract lecturers down tools in protest over pay ¡®that does not reflect hours worked¡¯
Susan Bassnett wonders why PhD examining is still so amateurish and inconsistent in English universities
Business secretary Vince Cable has announced that companies are to recruit postgraduate students to help them break into overseas markets.
Doctoral training centres report rise in overseas applicants as graduate salaries lure UK talent
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
Survey finds earnings fluctuate by department and wages fail to reflect hours worked
Prospective postgraduate students are to be given extra information on how to choose the right course thanks to a new website.
George Osborne has predicted that 22 new Centres for Doctoral Training will ¡°inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers¡±.
National group would be the UK¡¯s first to target help for minority ethnic doctoral students
Academics discuss how supervisors shaped their teaching
Early career researchers to be represented on university committees
Scheme to be run jointly with Higher Education Funding Council for England
Poor theses often betray inexpert supervision, say external examiners David Alexander and Ian Davis
Academics who complete their PhDs during a recession are significantly more productive in the long-term than those who do so during a boom, research suggests.
Employers unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work
Research councils may have to ¡®rethink¡¯ requirements because of cuts to lower-level courses
Long hours, job insecurity and need for mentoring noted in global survey of young scientists
Taught postgraduate courses are facing a ¡°perfect storm¡± caused by drops in student numbers and a fall in institution income
?10 million scheme set up to counteract disincentivisation of undergraduate debt for potential researchers
Early career life scientists have teaching and administrative burden lifted
Skills, reputation and peer networks can be built online even when stuck in the lab
Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals
Brian Martin suggests how junior researchers can fight against the well-kept secret of academic exploitation
Research council hopes to claw back cash to fund centres that missed out during initial bidding process
Idea of borrowing to study is ¡®totally alien¡¯ to some students, so take-up may be low
Ideology and myopia threatens the future of some of the UK¡¯s best humanities departments, warns Louis Goddard
Industry and funders still back blue-skies thinking, doctoral conference hears
More than ?25 million has been awarded by England¡¯s funding council to 20 pilot projects designed to support postgraduate students.
A further 10 UK universities have gained an award that recognises commitment to developing the careers of researchers.
Council pushes government to provide additional funding in light of abundance of high quality bids to run centres for doctoral training
Research council reveals details of its scheme for PhD provision
The 1994 Group has urged the government to introduce a postgraduate loan system to combat a 12 per cent drop in student numbers over three years.
Seventy-five institutions have been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council¡¯s new PhD funding scheme.
About three quarters of taught postgraduate students are happy with the teaching and learning on their course, a new national survey says.
The rise of the taught master¡¯s course has come with a troubling shift in focus towards ¡®employability¡¯
Development programmes can make for speedier submission of theses, research suggests
Fewer than half of those new to research can expect long-term academic careers
Early career academics seeking to do interdisciplinary work need more information and mentors, says Southampton¡¯s Smurf group
Four out of five postgraduate research students are happy with their university experience, a new study has suggested.
Glynd?r University is to offer half-price postgraduate degree courses to British students in what it called an attempt to ¡°stop knowledge and skills leaving home soil¡±.
But scholars question motives behind restriction of project studentships
StudentFunder aims to become ¡®one-stop shop¡¯ for those in need
#ECRchat looks to offer global advice
Data on what each UK university will charge next year show how the cost of study can vary wildly
Two thirds of UK undergraduates do not believe a postgraduate degree is worth the cost, a survey of more than 1,100 students has found
The proportion of PhD students in England expected to obtain degrees has risen slightly, but at some institutions around a fifth may never qualify.
But NUS says commercial loans are not the answer to ¡®crisis¡¯
There are some important dos and don¡¯ts to bear in mind when choosing someone to oversee your doctoral thesis, advises Tara Brabazon
