European researchers ‘losing interest’ in UK university jobs
Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent
Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent
Funding bodies should reconsider case-by-case assessments to minimise bureaucracy and student distress, say researchers
Economic and Social Research Council may provide four years of PhD funding amid concerns over stress caused by three-year model
Review of UK guidelines says junior scholars should spend 20 per cent of time on their own projects and personal development
University research currently speaks to a limited audience. For it to become the “fifth estate”, as Beate Scholz and David Bogle suggest (“Truth in research”, Letters, 22 December), will require...
The purpose of research is the search for truth. In a post-truth era, truth is the first to die. Around the globe, the universal freedom to do research is being threatened by populism as well as by...
Conference hears how University of Adelaide uses metrics to improve performance
As outlined in the article "Three wishes: NUS urges trio of loans to help poor postgraduates" (News, 22 November), a real crisis in master's programmes is approaching. As well as the issues over...
Study suggests there may be long-term benefits from publishing, but critics warn of ‘too much, too soon’
Initially sceptical about the continental practice of examining a doctoral thesis before an audience, David Bogle has found much to commend it
Your report "Concentrating cash will harm UK, says v-c" (15 July) confuses an important statistic about the research environment. Research degrees are heavily concentrated in research-intensive...
Plans to raise researcher numbers at risk if study is unaffordable, universities warned