Academic careers recommended by just one in six postdocs: survey
Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ¡®rare sport¡¯ of academia
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Universities ¡®do little to help PhDs who want to leave academia¡¯
More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors
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¡®Post-PhD transition fund¡¯ urged to ease pressure on postdocs
Payment of almost ?5,000 would enable?doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report
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Tardy interview expense repayments are limiting postdocs¡¯ job chances
Upfront costs can run into thousands of pounds, so speedy repayment is vital?for equal access to permanent employment, says Eleanor Palser
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How bad has Brexit been for UK universities?
Five years on since the UK officially left the European Union, Patrick Jack examines whether the consequences for universities have been as drastic as many feared at the time
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Postdoc parley
Twitter channel for postdocs aims to break into North America. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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I'm a postdoc - get me out
Want to tread the academic path after a PhD? Are you sure , asks Eleanor Lingham A week before I started my postdoc, I met an old friend whom I hadn't seen since my undergraduate days. He had just...
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Postdoc blues
How disappointing that you call postdoctoral researchers "students" ("Get a life? Not with our hours", THES , August 22). They are highly qualified professionals, many world experts in their fields....
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DPhil student turned union head eyes Oxford postgraduate access
Oxford student union president?Addi Haran Diman is highlighting the difficulties faced by postgraduate researchers after completing a DPhil at 22
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What's up postdoc?
A survey shows that physics PhDs on short-term contracts get a raw deal. Alison Goddard reports Career Paths of Physics Postdoctoral Research Staff is published by the Institute of Physics. Postdocs...
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Times Higher Education¡¯s most-read articles of 2024
International student mobility and postgraduate student issues continue to attract readers¡¯ attention in tumultuous year for global sector
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¡®Fear and intimidation¡¯ hurt campus free speech ¨C survey
Vast majority of scholars admit self-censoring over fears they will be targeted by students or academics, suggests Times Higher Education¡¯s free speech survey
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The Times Higher Education academic freedom survey 2024
As wars, both real and cultural, rage around the world, disputes about academic freedom are becoming ever more fraught. Is freedom of speech under threat on campus? And are some restrictions a...
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The postdoc shining a light on the plight of China¡¯s gay scholars
Coming out becoming ¡®increasingly risky¡¯ on Chinese campuses,?says academic who left the country
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Academics fear policy stasis as Germany heads back to polls
Sector leaders fear progress will be stymied?by expected months of political uncertainty