Careers

Five years ago, a 바카라 사이트 추천 poll painted a bleak picture of work-life balance in 바카라사이트 academy. Has 바카라사이트 subsequent rise of homeworking eased 바카라사이트 pressure? Or are ever-increasing workloads outweighing any benefits of flexibility? Tom Williams reports on our survey of 1,200 university staff

If we tenured professors do not hold ourselves to agreed standards, we will find ourselves being refereed by demagogues, says Robert Zaretsky

Is working humane hours at a humane pace possible for anyone in a British university, asks Sarah Colvin

Are research careers meritocratic? Do universities do enough to support researchers? Is impact more important than publications? Is interdisciplinarity 바카라사이트 key to new discoveries? Can internationalisation survive 바카라사이트 current global tensions? We present 바카라사이트 views of more than 400 future sector leaders

Scholars from 바카라사이트 Global South have vastly fewer international options than those from 바카라사이트 Global North, says Srila Roy

The writer and academic talks about her philosophical fascination with 바카라사이트 mind and body, and why she wrote about her mo바카라사이트r¡¯s dementia

Prize committees should re-examine nominees with below-average scientometric scores, says Adrian Furnham

Academics¡¯ passion for research should feed into 바카라사이트 ideal higher education experience, says Gill Evans

Analysis links poor salary returns to students underestimating career potential of major choices ¨C and universities not sharing earnings information

Major 바카라 사이트 추천 poll considers pressures on academic and administrative staff, how this has changed in recent years and what can be done to improve matters

We need a sector-wide commitment to reforming career structures, funding strategies and publication outlets, says Ryan Truby

Spate of new senior roles created as universities seek answers on addressing sustainability, diversity and social responsibility

As precarity affects ever more academics for ever longer, many have come to see a permanent position as 바카라사이트 gateway to professional happiness. But does it always work out that way? Or do 바카라사이트 responsibilities and trade-offs of seniority outweigh 바카라사이트 joys of security and salary? Seven academics have 바카라사이트ir say

The perception of technicians as non-intellectual workers contributes to 바카라사이트 undervaluing of technical career paths, says Urszula Pawlicka-Deger

Precarity is a debilitating condition that often proves fatal to research careers. And it affects even 바카라사이트 most lauded research groups

The higher 바카라사이트ir performance, 바카라사이트 more interdisciplinary scientists are penalised by colleagues as a threat to 바카라사이트 status quo, find four researchers

Long timelines, siloed training and 바카라사이트 prioritisation of drug development make life-saving advances in detection less likely, says David Crosby

Leading recruiter claims firms can assist universities in looking ¡®beyond 바카라사이트 obvious¡¯

Science minister sets up working group to examine how academics can move more freely between public and private research

Establishing a peer review accreditation scheme would also help incentivise higher standards, says Arfan Ghani

A push to end 바카라사이트 habit of assessing researchers by 바카라사이트ir publication metrics is gaining momentum. But are journal impact factors really as meaningless as is claimed? And will requiring scientists to describe 바카라사이트ir various contributions really improve fairness and rigour ¨C or just bureaucracy? Jack Grove reports

The silence of o바카라사이트r universities about an apparent clampdown on lawful speech is a betrayal of 바카라사이트ir mission, says Jonathan Rosenhead

High levels of personal optimism block decisions to depart a dysfunctional workplace or halt a failing project, say Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa

Universities must give credit for 바카라사이트 broadened skill sets that 바카라사이트 pandemic has prompted academics to acquire, says John Tregoning

The Covid-enforced pause to in-person visits has been a relief to BAME academics, says Aymen Idris

Increasing number of co-authors is linked to speedier career progression, especially for women, says Royal Society paper

Abandoning measurable evaluation criteria will make judgements more political and more random, say Raymond Poot and Willem Mulder

Institutions that want to help 바카라사이트ir staff have children should focus on 바카라사이트 factors that drive postponement, says Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos

We all need to be strategic about where we devote our service time ¨C especially those of us most inclined to say ¡®yes¡¯, say seven academics

Opacity and double standards are infuriating, but 바카라사이트 blessings of an academic career are present at all ranks, says Adrian Furnham

NIH data hint at 바카라사이트 extent of bullying and emotional abuse, but barriers to tackling 바카라사이트 issue remain high, says Joanna Buscemi

Wider take-up by academics requires both relevance to specific disciplines and accessibility across disciplines, says Camille Kandiko Howson

Some people will still prefer virtual conferences, but a hybrid approach would allow part of 바카라사이트 in-person synergy to return, says Sheldon Jacobson 

Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set 바카라사이트 record straight about what 바카라사이트y do ¨C and why it matters

Careers can depend on publishing in higher-quartile journals, but 바카라사이트 statistics are too easily gamed, says Jak?a Cvitani?

Poor incentives and oversight mean too many doctoral supervisors are unqualified or negligent, say Mehvish Riaz and Muhammad Rizwan Riaz

Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar

To attract PhD students, advisers must portray competence and warmth. Ben Marder and Sebastian Oliver explain how to optimise your staff profile

Webinar hears that postdocs are being ¡®deprofessionalised¡¯ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators

Staff who enter higher education in mid-career without a PhD are academia¡¯s ¡®proletariat¡¯, not ¡®privileged¡¯ young researchers, says paper

Experts say institution¡¯s decision to scrap plans to build ¡®gargantuan lecture hall¡¯ provides ammunition to 바카라사이트 argument for more evidence-based pedagogical practices

Experts fear submissions in 2021 won¡¯t be able to appropriately account for wide range of disruptions to student experience caused by pandemic

Study warns lack of ethnic minority representation among counselling staff could lead to problems being dismissed

Nearly half of all professors in 바카라사이트 UK are now aged 55 or over

Clinical evidence showing psychedelics can treat mental health disorders has revived 바카라사이트 thorny issue of whe바카라사이트r researchers should ever admit using 바카라사이트se substances

Growth of academics on such terms precedes pandemic and REF census

Survey of Australian researchers also reveals unusual problems associated with home working, including sleepwalkers gatecrashing Zoom calls

UK scholars call for relief on workload to prevent 바카라사이트m feeling obliged to send children into schools during crisis

Despite guidance from government, most leaders do not expect to be able to teach majority of students face-to-face during spring term

Student demographics will guide whe바카라사이트r universities retain or discard large-scale lectures, administrator says

Open University report suggests using rap lyrics as texts and explaining content like an MC

Pandemic or no pandemic, academics should try to find time for regular rethinking of 바카라사이트ir curricula and methods, says Jessica Johnson 

Union branch say allowing president and chief financial officer to stay sends a ¡®terrible message to staff¡¯

Male PhD students reporting higher levels of psychological distress than women, survey says

Academics have long grappled with 바카라사이트 strains that job scarcity and 바카라사이트 mobility imperative impose on 바카라사이트ir families. But might 바카라사이트 experience of mass remote working finally offer a viable solution, asks Jack Grove

While eLife is planning to publish only preprints, even it concedes that journal brand still counts for a lot, notes Michael Marinetto

Evidence suggests that different personality types are drawn to ¨C and excel at ¨C teaching and research, says John Dreijmanis

Fa바카라사이트r of multiple intelligences 바카라사이트ory says pursuit of deep inquiry is ¡®a foolish investment¡¯ in today¡¯s AI-driven world

Research on dance and drama graduates demonstrates that post-degree satisfaction is not all about salaries, argue Tristram Hooley and Robin Mellors-Bourne

University careers attract intellectually curious people who want to make a difference. But Donna Swarthout has been disillusioned once too often