All Doctorate articles – Page 2
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CareersPhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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NewsSmall group of top schools in the US supply most of the nation’s faculty
Approximately 80% of all faculty trained in the US got their PhDs at 20% of the country’s universities
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CareersPhD 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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OpinionRights and wrongs
Universities need to consider exactly what postgraduates’ employment status is
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CareersDoctoring the doctorate
There are now more ways than ever before to complete your PhD, finds Kit Chapman
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NewsWage rise for Max Planck PhD candidates approved
Around 3400 doctoral researchers will benefit from the higher salary
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NewsLack of support undermines minority and female chemistry PhDs
US survey shows importance of peers and finances in graduate schools
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NewsMentorship ‘strongly predicts’ protégé success in the sciences
Researchers whose mentors later win science prizes are two- to four times more likely to go on to have ‘superstar’ careers
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NewsTrump seeks to revoke visas of Chinese students with ties to China’s military
Academic and science groups speak out against move to bar certain Chinese nationals from studying and conducting research in the US
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CareersZooming into online vivas
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced academics to adopt a new model with some unexpected advantages
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NewsWhile female and minority science PhDs’ ideas are more novel they’re often overlooked
Study examining almost every US PhD for the last three decades finds – for the first time – that ‘diversity paradox’ holds true for science
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NewsJunior researchers less likely to blow the whistle on research misconduct
Fear of retribution and their precarious position may be holding them back
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NewsWorldwide survey of PhD students reveals bullying, discrimination and anxiety
A fifth of PhDs report bullying and a third have sought help for anxiety or depression
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NewsChemists stage walk-out over lack of support in North Macedonia
Calls for more funding to equip labs and hire research students and staff at top chemistry institute
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NewsIn a surprising twist it’s postdocs, not supervisors, who are responsible for PhDs’ research skills
Study tracked 336 graduate students for four years examining written work
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News50 years after sexism forced her out of chemistry Cheryl Dembe is graduating
University of Chicago recognises PhD research carried out a lifetime ago
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CareersIndia’s doctorate dilemma
Why thousands of PhD chemists in India are without a permanent position
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CareersIndia's science secretary Ashutosh Sharma on the country's PhD pipeline
’The best of India’s PhD graduates should not remain mere job seekers’
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NewsUK government announces funding plans for PhD training centres
The number of CDTs funded in the UK will decrease from 115 to 75
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NewsMentors with wide-ranging research interests nurture the most successful scientists
Study examined career paths and mentoring support for 18,000 biomedical researchers
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