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Many young researchers face the challenge of choosing an appropriate career path towards the end of their Ph.D. Academic…
Many young researchers face the challenge of choosing an appropriate career path towards the end of their Ph.D. Academic…
A while back, we invited you to ask us anything. Here are our answers to our next three interrelated questions, from Jeff Hean…
When I took my current job, one of the things that attracted me was that I was told the department would probably have a Ph.D.
Tenure is like vaccination: they both work best when nobody opts out.We’re in the middle of two new legislative attacks on…
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Graduate school has always required that students balance research, classwork, and teaching activities (perhaps with some time…
Maybe the hardest nut for a new scientist to crack: finding a…
Grad school is a job. A conversation on Twitter tonight got me worked up about this point, but I’ve heard it questioned a…
Inside Higher Education reports on a speech by University of California president Janet Napolitano, in which she tells…
A terrifying graph for any PhD student! (source)It's late October and that means we are squarely in the middle of job season…
Fellow crustacean neurobiologist Eve Marder has an opinion piece in eLife arguing against the notion that we should limit the…
The NY Times ran an op-ed by a Maryland Congressional representative arguing that younger biomedical investigators, who are at…
Some interesting posts and articles, here and…
The missing piece to changing the university culture Maximiliaan Schillebeeckx, Brett Maricque
There is a belief that dropping a frog into hot water will cause it to react and immediately jump out, while putting it in a…
There is a belief that dropping a frog into hot water will cause it to react and immediately jump out, while putting it in a…
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2706.html Changing the culture of a university requires shifting goals…
Edit 28/04/2014: alternate views here and here (though of course I didn’t state 80 hours – I said 37.5 + 10-20 hours) This…
Edit 28/04/2014: alternate views here and here (though of course I didn’t state 80 hours – I said 37.5 + 10-20 hours) This…
By outward appearances, this is a great time for the biomedical sciences. Headline-grabbing discoveries are reported nearly…
Your bestmonktress was reading Michael Tomasson’s recent post setting the stage for the next pubscience (Are you listening to…
Your bestmonktress was reading Michael Tomasson’s recent post setting the stage for the next pubscience (Are you listening to…
Your bestmonktress was reading Michael Tomasson’s recent post setting the stage for the next pubscience (Are you listening to…
Attention conservation notice: In case you find this tl;dr, here’s the bottom line: I consider lots of different reasons for…
Attention conservation notice: In case you find this tl;dr, here’s the bottom line: I consider lots of different reasons for…
Editor's Note: This article was provided by Demythify. The original is here. My friend leaned forward over the table…
What should faculty members do to train their students for non-academic paths? This is something I’ve thought about a lot…
What should faculty members do to train their students for non-academic paths? This is something I’ve thought about a lot…
Twenty thirteen was another topsy-turvy year for scientists in the U.S. Many of us spent a good part of the year dealing with…
There’s been much discussion of late concerning Peter Higgs’ assertion that, were he a newly-minted PhD today, he likely wouldn’t…
Welcome back AAA conference-goers, while you sleep off your hangovers/ jet-lag use your ample free time to catch up on all the…
Welcome back AAA conference-goers, while you sleep off your hangovers/ jet-lag use your ample free time to catch up on all the…
Welcome back AAA conference-goers, while you sleep off your hangovers/ jet-lag use your ample free time to catch up on all the…
A while back, I asked for readers to contribute data on the number of applications and interviews they put in for faculty jobs (o…
A journey from academia to startup land, and all the pit stops in between. My first day in the “real world” was January 1, 2013.
Last weekend there was a free screening of James Balog‘s film “Chasing Ice” here in Vancouver, organized by SFU’s Vancity…
This is a post about numbers. 1. The other day I was thinking about conferences. Let’s say you’re in a panel with 10 people…
This is a post about numbers. 1. The other day I was thinking about conferences. Let’s say you’re in a panel with 10 people…
This is a post about numbers. 1. The other day I was thinking about conferences. Let’s say you’re in a panel with 10 people…
This week’s Economist is out with a provocative article about how science goes wrong. It’s a good piece, raises some good points…
Esta figura muestra que en 1981, en EEUU, el número de doctores era muy similar al número de plazas académicas ofertadas en las…
Esta figura muestra que en 1981, en EEUU, el número de doctores era muy similar al número de plazas académicas ofertadas en las…
From Meg: Another excellent post from sciwo over at Tenure, She Wrote about the conveyor belt of research. This relates to an…
From Meg: Another excellent post from sciwo over at Tenure, She Wrote about the conveyor belt of research. This relates to an…
rxnm:“Furthermore, there is no definitive evidence that Ph.D. production exceeds current employment opportunities.” – Francis…
Enough people have sent me this beautifully depressing picture that I figured I’d put it up here for posterity. It would be…