Pay & Benefits
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CareersAcademics around the world protest fee hikes and budget cuts
Financial difficulties affect researchers at all career stages
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Careers
Financial challenges faced by PhD researchers around the world
Many are protesting stipends that see them work for below minimum wage
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News
Tensions between University of California and unions flare up again over possible cuts to PhDs
Academic unions are concerned by potential enrolment cuts to graduate programmes to offset the cost of pay rises
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News
University of California strike ends as employees secure significant pay rises and new contracts
Victory for striking student employees after 40-day walkout that disrupted teaching and research could have repercussions across academia
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News
Massive strike at University of California over low pay and poor benefits
Research at 10 campuses comes to a standstill as 48,000 academic workers walk off the job over what they deem unfair labour practices
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News
Strikes to take place at 150 UK universities over pay and benefits
70,000 staff members will walk out on three days in November in escalation of ongoing row
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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
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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Article
Financial woes ail early-career scientists
PhD students and postdocs are struggling to make ends meet
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Careers
How to begin financial planning
Five ways that PhD students and postdocs can prepare for the future
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Careers
The difficulties of determining fair pay
Salary data suggests that perceived wage gaps in the chemical sciences are indeed present
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Careers
Results of the RSC’s 2021 Pay and Reward survey
Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit, most chemists remain positive about their prospects
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Opinion
Rights and wrongs
Universities need to consider exactly what postgraduates’ employment status is
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Careers
The gender pay gap is not going away
Despite a variety of activities in industry and academia, women in chemistry continue to earn less than men
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News
‘Cultural evolution’ needed to reinvigorate academic research
Research funding and academic reward systems should get an overhaul to recognise mentoring and public engagement
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Careers
Postdoc employment status varies widely
Researchers are vulnerable to financial instability and issues with healthcare
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Careers
Results of the 2019 Pay and Reward Survey
Salaries have increased in line with inflation, and while the gender pay gap persists, it is at its lowest-ever level
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