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CareersWhen will funders take action on PhD and postdoc conditions?
Campaigns in the UK, Ireland and Canada await announcements
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Opinion
Meeting the tigers of the lab
Practical teaching strikes a balance between removing hazards and learning to respect them
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Careers
Academics 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
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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Careers
Work or study… or work and study?
How employers are helping employees to gain new qualifications, including PhDs
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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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News
Does a science postdoc pay off in the US?
Analysis reveals that lifetime earnings are reduced and the chances of securing a tenured post are not improved
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Opinion
Rights and wrongs
Universities need to consider exactly what postgraduates’ employment status is
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News
Call for postgraduate researchers to be treated like staff, not students
University and College Union manifesto wants universities to ‘end exploitation’ of them and grant basic employment rights and benefits
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Researchers condemn UK funder’s decision to curb PhD extensions
UK Research and Innovation has ‘failed’ postgraduate students struggling during the pandemic, claims open letter signed by more than 1000 researchers
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News
Mentorship ‘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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News
Trump 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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News
In 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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Opinion
Are you slowly turning into your supervisor?
Old habits die hard – even when they’re someone else’s…
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News
Bangor University confirms chemistry department closure
Move to save university more than £1.4 million over three years dispenses with only chemistry degree that can be partly taken in Welsh
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Bangor University proposes shutting down its chemistry department
Plan would get rid of the only chemistry degree that can be partly taken in Welsh and put 18 jobs at risk
