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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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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Crick scientist-turned-Labour MP on supporting academic mothers
Tropical disease researcher and parliamentarian Lauren Sullivan talks about difficulties of returning to the lab after a career break, juggling family, science and politics, and why Dundee’s life...
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Does the UK really need a dual-support system for research?
The value of the UK’s research block grants has fallen significantly since 2010, as policymakers have focused funding upticks on projects with compelling narratives. And in a tough financial climate...
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Trump’s assault on US universities: five views from the chainsaw’s teeth
The administration’s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US’ world-leading higher education system. Here, we present five takes on what is unfolding
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Introducing the Cake-factor
Research assessment has made huge progress but measurement of community remains half-baked, say?Mats Persson and?Jan Ch. Karlsson
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National Institutes of Health weighs pay hike for postdocs
Top US funding agency considers $70,000 (?55,000) minimum salary that could become wider model
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Give researchers two-year minimum contracts, UCU manifesto urges
UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ‘perpetual limbo’, says union-led manifesto
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What could the rise of the AfD mean for German universities?
With its Trump-style promise to smash woke ideology on campus, Germany’s far-right populist party is widely seen as a threat by academics. And with even the country’s mainstream parties promising...
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Where do UK PhD graduates go? Careers observatory may hold answer
Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director
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Lengthy PhDs and postdocs ‘slowing professor promotions’
Analysis of 5.8?million authors across all scientific disciplines also shows gender gap is closing, but with distance to?go
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Renaming postdocs and PhD students would boost respect, pay, progression
What other industry would deem those with so much prior training to still be mere trainees? Let’s call them what they are – researchers, says Michele Nardin
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Academic careers recommended by just one in six postdocs: survey
Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia