Daylight on the horizon?
A funding clawback provoked fury from UK scientists, but now all eyes are on a political breakthrough that could reopen the door to Horizon Europe
A funding clawback provoked fury from UK scientists, but now all eyes are on a political breakthrough that could reopen the door to Horizon Europe
Leading academics respond to government plan to end link between charter mark and research funding, amid fears that equality issues will be sidelined
Jennifer Rohn enjoys an account that shatters some of the myths about Einstein’s marriage
From tackling racism to giving up chicken, academics are not short of ideas about how to improve their professional and personal lives at the dawn of the new decade
In “Good luck, you’re going to need it”, her review of The Effective Scientist by Corey Bradshaw (3 May), Jennifer Rohn begins by painting a “bleak” picture of the prospects of a young scientist’s...
Book of the week: Jennifer Rohn is startled by a detailed account of the scale of academic malpractice
Cat Zero, a novel by Jennifer Rohn, an infectious disease researcher, shines light on the backbiting and tensions of lab life as an unlikely team of scientists work to save the cats of Kent from a...
Even scientists may be unmoved by evidence on how to make teaching better, finds Jennifer Rohn
Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys also among fellows announced by Alan Rusbridger at Lady Margaret Hall
Book of the week: this book offers PhDs sound advice, Jennifer Rohn says, but it skirts the improbability of making it
Do mobile phones give you brain tumours? Don’t ask the people in white lab coats, says Jennifer Rohn
Academic work is typically all-consuming, but some scholars still manage to combine some eye-catching sidelines with their day jobs. Here, five tell their stories
Only two research councils have equal proportion of female applicants and academics
From giving up Bremoaning and plastic cutlery, to publishing 10 papers in one year and sketchnoting, scholars share their goals for 2017