All Working life articles – Page 14
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NewsEarly career researchers often receive no credit for ‘ghostwritten’ peer reviews
Half of young scientists have critiqued papers without being named
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NewsCanadian pilot to diversify research based on UK’s Athena Swan
Scheme aims to help universities in Canada increase participation of women and other minorities in science
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OpinionIt's complicated
In a complex world, binary answers are often requested but rarely sufficient
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ReviewExhibition: Craft and Graft: Making Science Happen
Emma Stoye visits the Francis Crick Institute’s exhibition highlighting science technicians
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NewsNational Academy of Sciences in the US moves to oust sexual harassers
Members vote to change bylaws so membership of the academy can be revoked in cases of proven conduct breaches
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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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NewsChemistry 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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NewsHalf of Britons wish they’d pursued a career in science
Survey finds that many don’t think they are clever enough to work in a Stem field
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NewsLab 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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NewsHigh 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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NewsScience community rallies round to help St Andrews teams hit by fire
University is optimistic that the damage was not too serious but the biomedical sciences building isn’t expected to fully reopen for a year
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NewsTwitter 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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NewsConsortium 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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OpinionHow Brexit uncertainty affected my research group
In 2016 there were nine of us. By 2018 there were three
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NewsAs 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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NewsA 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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NewsMore 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