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OpinionThe importance of providing young people with mental health support
Do you feel safe openly discussing your mental health with your colleagues at work?
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Opinion
Exit strategy
Overcoming a major setback showed Derek Lowe could make it through graduate school
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News
China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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Careers
Security versus employability
Safe isn’t better if it doesn’t allow you to develop professionally
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News
Researchers around the world band together to help fleeing Ukrainian scientists
Schemes spring up to put refugee scientists in European and North American labs
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Opinion
It’s time to ban staff–student relationships
A policy of discouragement doesn’t go far enough towards tackling sexual misconduct
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Careers
Overcoming a severe lab accident to become a chief scientist
Thea Ekins-Coward’s life changed in an instant; several years later, she has returned to science and is about to become a mum
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Opinion
Scents and sentimentality
Deprived of familiar lab odours, Derek Lowe indulges in some nasal nostalgia
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News
Interim report on UK research bureaucracy provides a taste of what’s to come
Admin burden has increased over time and grant applications top academics’ list
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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
How do you seal your vials?
The challenge of keeping reagents free of moisture and air took Twitter by storm
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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
The career importance of community service work
Community work enhances a scientist’s skills, whatever career stage they’re at
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Business
Diversity is at the heart of innovation
To challenge conventions we need to include people who think differently
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Careers
Is hybrid working sustainable?
The environmental impacts of working from home part of the week vary
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Careers
How to run a sustainable chemistry lab
A lot of research focuses on sustainability and climate change – but how much thought is put into making research itself more sustainable?
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Opinion
All work and no play
Is the long-hours culture of academic organic chemistry laboratories finally changing?
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Careers
The science of team science
Researchers and funders are exploring ways to make large collaborative projects more successful
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