Postgraduate and early career
Experts say fleeting effect of amending Germany’s fixed-term contract law shows need for wider career reforms
PhD student says her legal defeat raises important questions about duty of care owed to students who face harassment
La Trobe prolongs blackout on Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue’s dissertation, citing concerns over ‘identifying material’
The King’s College London president says universities are ‘not in any way toxic places’
Population declines and employment shifts key factors, but universities also seen ignoring non-teaching career pathways
Multiple small grants from trusts and charities can lend research projects credibility, opening bigger doors down the line, says Sophia Labadi
The University of Leeds vice-chancellor discusses why UK higher education should go Dutch and the national scandal that drew her to academia
Academics call for rethink of latest Australian security intervention
Demonstrators push back against ‘exploitation’ of those struggling at the bottom of a sector seen as increasingly casualised
Funded postgraduates could face real-terms pay cut running to four figures this autumn as UK stipends fail to keep pace with inflation
Warning that trend has much wider implications for the UK system than missing individual expertise
Study finds that staff welcome better work-life balance but still face barriers
University educators must not be blind to other life goals – like building a savings account, says Brent Lucia
Authorities to debate changes to master’s and PhD enrolment systems
First randomised controlled trials of doctoral writing classes find major improvements in researcher confidence and study habits
Proportion of leavers going overseas for further courses on a downward trend that predates pandemic
Scholars and PhD students voice frustration at lack of concrete plans in consultation on ‘new deal’ for postgraduate researchers
Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study
And research job opportunities are booming outside universities, AI-fuelled study finds
2022 winner brews up a fungi-based love story with a lot of help from his friends
Undergraduate institutions should instil innovative thinking and research skills to prepare future PhD students, scholars say
The Bourne films had it right. ‘Look at us. Look at what they make you give,’ says Donald Earl Collins
Retracted support for star professor demonstrates deep persistence of faculty attitudes that perpetuate harassment, plaintiffs claim
Long-time postdoctoral scientist says he was ousted when he complained a professor had appropriated his own research
Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality
Search for wider solutions must continue while Berlin’s postdoc contract law faces judicial scrutiny, experts say
Researchers say study adds to ‘growing body of evidence’ on poor mental well-being for doctoral students
Major union win includes access to arbitration or mediation on discrimination and harassment complaints
University Grants Commission says doctoral students on fellowships should get eight months’ maternity leave
UK higher education says it wants diversity, but its treatment of early career researchers suggests otherwise, says Edda Nicolson
New contracts at Harvard and NYU seen reflecting new determination and political and economic pressures of Biden and Covid
Students should be able to try out mentors before committing to a years-long relationship, researchers say
ESRC extends PhD support to last three-and-a-half years but rejects review’s four-year recommendation
Short-term contracts are leading researchers to chase more secure roles in less heralded universities, says Cardiff Met vice-chancellor
Cash and frameworks can help but improving diversity within research really requires diversity as a core institutional value, says Colin Bailey
Rectors’ conference concerned that Berlin postdoc law could set ‘blueprint’ for unfunded attempts to tackle precarity
Overall satisfaction drops to lowest level since Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey began
Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding
More than a third of postgraduate researchers not satisfied with well-being help, says Advance HE survey
Male reviewers more than twice as likely as females to voluntarily identify themselves, and signed reviews substantially less critical of authors, analysis finds
Increased domestic recruitment, particularly among minorities, offsets overseas decline
Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers
Demands pushed by pandemic fears, labour shortages, awakened student athletes and Biden encouragement
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic
Economic and Social Research Council warned that current three-and-a-half-year funding period is ‘insufficient’ and is causing student hardship
But employment rates for bachelor’s graduates ‘stabilise’ despite pandemic
Academics have acclaimed the Netflix series. But how many have noticed the absence of non-tenure-track faculty, asks Tian An Wong
New requirements to ensure migrants are financially self-sufficient will ‘weaken’ Sweden’s universities and high-tech industries, critics warn
Unhappiness among research managers over recognition of career support activities revealed by Vitae survey
Rise could prompt concerns about sustainability of current postgraduate loans system
Universities must do more to help those dissatisfied with academic life as they seek a career in industry, says Mayra Ruiz Castro
Opacity and double standards are infuriating, but the blessings of an academic career are present at all ranks, says Adrian Furnham
As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world
Interviewing for a job is not a skill we’re trained for in academia, so here are a few tips from a professor who has been on both sides of the interview divide
Australian university limits journals accepted for doctorates amid mounting concern among academics
Senior scientists say severe shortage of junior scientists from European Union threatens quality of UK research
New project shines light on the discrimination and inequalities faced by precariously employed researchers at UK universities
NIH data hint at the extent of bullying and emotional abuse, but barriers to tackling the issue remain high, says Joanna Buscemi
UCU says postgraduate researchers should be given terms and conditions ‘comparable’ with employees
Josie Jolley, who had previously been homeless and allegedly sexually assaulted, described as ‘most talented postgraduate who has ever come through the geography department at the University of Sussex’
