How to organise a conference
Five tips for successful event planning
How to excel at public speaking
A five-step approach to present effectively
Good network connections help startup founders and employees to succeed
Career success is easier with help from others
The startups that grew out of the Pfizer redundancies
18 months on, three former Pfizer employees explain how they’ve seized opportunities to fill gaps in the market
Choosing the right mentor
Taking part in a mentoring programme can provide you with the support you need for career success
First-generation graduate chemists face challenges throughout their entire academic lifetime
Study highlights need for mentorship and more inclusive networks
Nurturing socioeconomic inclusion for a brighter tomorrow
Understanding why individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are underrepresented in the chemical sciences
Highlights
The startups that grew out of the Pfizer redundancies
18 months on, three former Pfizer employees explain how they’ve seized opportunities to fill gaps in the market
Careers in science policy
The Stem professionals thriving in careers at the intersection of science and society
Does gamification have a place in chemistry education?
Escape rooms, murder mysteries and virtual reality are being used to try to make the subject more attractive to students
The narrative CV: a step towards more inclusive science?
Exploring an alternative to a traditional list of achievements
The benefits of following a PhD with an MBA
The chemists who have achieved professional success by getting business and management degrees
How to organise a conference
Five tips for successful event planning
How to excel at public speaking
A five-step approach to present effectively
How to thrive at conferences
Five tips for making the most of meet-ups
How to make an effective LinkedIn profile
Tips for making your online presence more attractive to employers
How to have fewer, more effective meetings
Five strategies that can help individuals and institutions manage meetings better
How to finish a PhD
Five tips for navigating the final months of your research project
Nora de Leeuw: ‘Some of my best PhD students weren’t that great at passing exams’
The computational chemist on perspectives from outside academia and the importance of inquisitiveness
Ponnadurai Ramasami: ‘You will learn more by going the more difficult way’
The trailblazing computational chemist on the joys of teaching, inaugurating a virtual conference, and the importance of doing things the hard way
RNA as a replacement for chemical pesticides
Argentinian start-up Apolo Biotech is teaching plants to fight infections
Robyn Norton: ‘We needed to make sure that women were included’
The pioneering global health researcher on the importance of including women in medical research, face-to-face networking and kindness
How Bathabile Ramalapa is making a place for chemistry in health innovation
The award-winning scientist is solving health problems in the global south and inspiring other girls to follow suit
Willie May: ‘We need to find and support the “missing millions”’
The analytical chemist on growing up Black in Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s and his journey through NIST, academia and the AAAS presidency
Re-establishing my scientist identity in industry
How to embrace a career transition outside of academia
How taking part in extracurricular activities during your PhD can help you build your CV
Opportunities to take part in teaching, event organisation and outreach all develop valuable skills
The importance of applying for funding early in your career
An empowering way to build a highly prized skill
Should I stay or should I go?
Two colleagues in academia and industry reflect on their career choices
LGBTQ+ in Stem: Using data to foster inclusion – Part 2
LGBTQ+ in Stem: Using data to foster inclusion – Part 1
The untapped power of emotional intelligence for PhDs
Empowering voices: Advancing social mobility in the chemical sciences
Troubleshooting your career
Making science communication persuasive and engaging
Cultural changes need to stop PhD students working for free
Top-down support is needed to stop exploitative PhD practices
Bridging the gap after submitting a PhD thesis
Finding ways to fund students as they search for jobs and complete lab work for publications
The pension cost of doing a PhD
Exploring the wider impacts of a PhD on your finances
New UKRI terms do more to acknowledge the diversity of PhD researchers
But further stipend increases are needed to fully widen access to doctoral study
Explainer: How an American car workers’ union became a champion for postdocs
The United Auto Workers union now represents over 100,000 academics, supercharging their fight for better conditions
Financial challenges affect the health of UK chemistry
Maintaining a healthy chemistry pipeline requires affordable education and training routes
US government scientist union scores latest contract win
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions
Make versus buy (or steal)
How methylamine reveals a routine question for chemists
Researcher severely injured in 2016 Hawaii lab explosion receives £5 million settlement
Thea Ekins-Coward lost an arm in an experiment with unsafe apparatus
Getting good at human tasks
’What do you mean you had to lock the NMR with an oscilloscope and shim the magnet by hand?’
How do you rebuild your lab after it is hit by an Iranian missile?
Shake-up for unpopular procurement system that left Indian scientists with substandard supplies
Good network connections help startup founders and employees to succeed
Position of flask on magnetic stirrers can drastically affect reproducibility of experiments
The startups that grew out of the Pfizer redundancies
First-generation graduate chemists face challenges throughout their entire academic lifetime