Postdocs ¡®fear reprisals for calling out workplace abuse¡¯
New project shines light on the discrimination and inequalities faced by precariously employed researchers at UK universities
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Italian postdoc reforms ¡®could eliminate 5,000 jobs¡¯
Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ¡®cannot come for months¡¯
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Call to boycott publisher after sexual misconduct book scrapped
Chapter of Sexual Misconduct in Academia?was previously withdrawn?after academic claimed he was identified
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'Best and brightest' postdocs rewarded
Twenty newly qualified biomedical scientists have each received ?250,000 awards from the Wellcome Trust in a new scheme to help postdoctoral students start their research careers, writes Louise...
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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....
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Postdocs cover for teaching shortfall
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
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Leader: Postdoc promotion
There are good reasons why there should be more postdoctoral students on temporary contracts in the physical and biological sciences than in the arts and social sciences. Modern scientific research...
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Split in postdoc prospects
Wide variations in the career prospects of postdoctoral researchers across disciplines suggest that two distinct research cultures continue to co-exist in universities. In the physical and biological...
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Academics ¡®not best¡¯ to advise postdocs on leaving academia
Event hears calls for improved careers services in universities to help steer PhD students and postdocs on opportunities
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How I stripped away postdoc depression
Simon Francis found himself with a PhD in one hand, a toilet brush in the other - and no desire for academic life A year ago, the sense of achievement that my doctorate had once given me had reached...
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Bid to put postdocs into schools
A scheme to put postdocs into schools was launched by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday. The collaboration between schools, universities and industry aims to inspire an interest in science by...
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Letter: Postdoc rejection
I am a 39-year-old postdoctoral surrounded by rejection letters for the third year running (Letters, THES , August 17, 24). Based in an English department, my doctoral dissertation was on a...
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New grant delays hit Australian researchers
Postdocs risk being ruled ineligible after biding their time to optimise prospects of success
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Just what the postdocs ordered
Invisible societies of postdoctoral researchers worldwide, most noticeably in the United States, are beginning to reveal themselves in efforts to win better working conditions. Postdocs have long...
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The postdocs who lost millions
David Seetapun and Andrew Felce gave up glittering university careers to trade for huge salaries at leading investment banks. Both lost their jobs as a result of trading losses. British-born Felce...