All Working life articles – Page 13
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News
‘Fly or die’ for success in academia is a myth
Study finds little evidence that getting ahead in research rests on jetting around the world
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Chemistry conferences look to become more family-friendly
Childcare services and dedicated family spaces help remove the stigma around caregivers attending scientific meetings
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Opinion
Management by numbers
Reducing intellectual processes to metrics runs the risk of people working to the numbers not the goal
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Lab safety challenges persist 10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death
Survey reveals that safety is taken seriously at top US universities but worrying gaps still remain
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High levels of impostor syndrome found in female academics
Feelings of self-doubt and being a fraud rise well above the rate of the general population
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Twitter chemistry poster conference continues to grow as it celebrates its fifth anniversary
Royal Society of Chemistry’s Twitter poster conference hopes to get chemistry trending on social media
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Consortium launched to address sexual and gender harassment in science
The American Chemical Society and 60-plus other US organisations form sexual harassment consortium to advance ethics and inclusion in Stemm
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Opinion
How Brexit uncertainty affected my research group
In 2016 there were nine of us. By 2018 there were three
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News
As government shutdown drags on US researchers find themselves caught in the crossfire
As the shutdown enters its second month many scientists have been left struggling to pay the rent or childcare as research projects flounder
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A career in research is becoming increasingly ‘temporary’
The half-life of a scientific career has dropped from 35 years to five in the last 50 years
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More than half of EU scientists are thinking of leaving Brexit UK
UK science and engineering trade union survey finds 66% of its European members have considered leaving the country
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Chemist’s rescue mission saved doctoral student trapped in Isis war zone
Lund University analytical chemistry professor hired mercenaries to free her PhD student and his family from Islamic State territory
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Business
How many papers do you read a week?
Everyone needs a strategy to keep up with the literature
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Chemistry graduate student gets seven years for poisoning co-worker
Chinese PhD student spiked colleague’s food and water with carcinogen
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Chemistry prof sues for $20m over alleged gender discrimination
University of Arizona chemistry professor launches class action lawsuit, says she and other female faculty were grossly underpaid, not promoted
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Mentors 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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Opinion
Family-friendly science
We need to encourage working fathers to take on more childcare responsibilities