All PhD articles – Page 4
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NewsGraduate student population experiencing mental health ‘crisis’
Among graduate trainees surveyed by US researchers, 41% had anxiety and 39% were depressed
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NewsSexual harassment in chemistry put under the microscope
Experiences of dealing with and overcoming harassment in academia shared at American Chemical Society meeting
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ReviewYou must be very intelligent: the PhD delusion
Philippa Matthews reviews a semi-autobiographical account of a PhD student in the UK
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PodcastChemistry by Weike Wang – Book club
First-time novelist Weike Wang takes us inside the mind of a Chinese American PhD student in Boston
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NewsItalian unions denounce unequal R&D investment
Universities being left out in the cold by funding decisions
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NewsFunding for 1000 new PhDs announced in UK budget
Chancellor also commits funding for technical education and disruptive technologies
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OpinionYou don’t get me, I’m part of the union
Graduate student unions have power for now, but it may not last
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OpinionLetters: August 2016
You tell us what Ingrid Bergman was up to in a Welsh mine and highlight the career of Roger Taylor
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OpinionAre all chemistry PhDs the same?
Kit Chapman explores the differences in PhDs on either side of the Atlantic
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NewsSteady rise in US science and engineering doctorates raises job worries
Most research doctorates ever awarded in 2014, with chemistry PhDs jumping 35% in last decade
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CareersThe wisdom of crowds
Kit Chapman asks if crowdfunding is the answer for researchers struggling for funds
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NewsResearchers dance the night away for science communication prize
31 PhD researchers put on their dancing shoes in a bid to win ‘Dance your PhD’ competition
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CareersThe changing face of the PhD
Universities in the UK are exploring the European approach of building a thesis from published papers, finds Nina Notman
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OpinionThinking ahead
PhD courses must prepare students for a life after research, says Mark Peplow
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NewsForgotten synthetic PhD theses set to be given new lease of life
Chemical structures will be harvested from graduate work and analysed for promising drug and materials leads
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NewsEPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers
UK physical sciences chief Philip Nelson talks exclusively to Chemistry World about his plans, doctoral training and discontent in the community
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NewsUS National Academies urges postdoctoral reforms
Postdoctoral students are paid too little and have poor employment opportunities, a National Academies committee concludes
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OpinionAn escape plan
Karin Bodewits suggests that academia’s chairs might hold more women if they have a clear view of the exit
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CareersWest side stories
A stint in a US chemistry lab is a rite of passage for many academics. Sarah Houlton talks to the chemists who went to the labs of opportunity