All Careers articles – Page 6
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Careers
Work or study… or work and study?
How employers are helping employees to gain new qualifications, including PhDs
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Article
Creating bonds: science and sustainability through the lens of a synthetic chemist
How promoting sustainability and nurturing talent can help deliver science for a safer world
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Careers
Behind the scenes with Neil Barnes, winner of the Royal Society’s Hauksbee award
The physical chemistry technician reveals the inspirations that have driven his 45-year-long career
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Careers
Navigating a career in academia and beyond
If you are unsure of what to do next, you are not alone
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Careers
PhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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Careers
Baking to perfection, with a pinch of chemistry
Katarina Cermelj’s training in synthesis informs how she develops new gluten-free recipes
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Careers
The chemists leaving their country over personal ethics
Family matters and political views are leading researchers to pursue careers abroad
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Opinion
Integrating coding into chemistry helps science progress faster
Taking a beginner Python programming course can lead to big efficiency gains
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Research
Combining expertise to develop remote-controlled nanomaterials
Beatriz Pelaz explains how her research tackles bionanomaterials from multiple angles
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Opinion
Taking the foundation course route
Students should be told more about the different paths to a career in chemistry
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Careers
The many career benefits of apprenticeships
On-the-job training combined with a qualification provides apprentices with a solid first step on the scientific career ladder
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Careers
PhD students don’t need second jobs – they need paying above minimum wage
Recommended minimum stipends for UK-based PhDs failed to match inflation since 2005, exacerbating the current cost-of-living crisis
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News
Africa lays out plan to boost science economy
Pilot European and African Union programme aims to boost early-career researchers with fellowships of up to €500,000
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Careers
The nickel crystal that catalysed collaboration
An apparent scooping turned into something much more valuable
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Careers
Scientific success is built on failure
Things going wrong doesn’t mean that you’re inadequate
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Careers
Making interviews and workplaces fully accessible
Exploring the support available to disabled jobseekers and their employers