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11 May 2018 | 13:00 GMT

More to science: working as a Science Policy Analyst

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Ask the expert, Career paths, Mobility

More to science: working as a Science Policy Analyst

This piece was originally published on the BioMed Central blog network, part of Springer Nature.  Read more

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  • biochemsitry
  • biomed central
  • BMC
  • bmc blog network
  • chris pickett
  • dana berry
  • policy
  • science careers
  • science policy

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03 May 2018 | 08:00 GMT

How do you draw the line between volunteer work and unpaid labour?

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Admin, Faculty, news, People Management, PhD, Tenure, US

How do you draw the line between volunteer work and unpaid labour?

But questions remain about the plan’s actual intent and its potential impact on US universities’ current and future policies around existing faculty members.  Read more

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  • academia
  • academic administration
  • adjunct
  • Adjunct teaching
  • compensation
  • faculty
  • lecture
  • Mentor
  • pay
  • policy
  • university
  • volunteer

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23 Feb 2018 | 08:32 GMT

March for Science 2018 gears up

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Admin, Communication, Data, Diversity, Events, Faculty, In the news, Industry, news, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Research, Scientists on the move, Social media, UK, Undergraduate, US

March for Science 2018 gears up

Caroline Weinberg, an organizer for the upcoming march in Washington DC, expects smaller crowds than last year, although she admits her prediction may again be off the mark. “Last we expected 40,000 people, and we got around 100,000,” she says. She adds that most of the marchers in the nation’s capital city were concerned citizens, not practicing researchers.  Read more

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  • activism
  • activist
  • Donald Trump
  • legislator
  • march
  • march for science
  • policy
  • politics
  • science activism
  • science communication
  • science policy
  • Washington DC

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24 May 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Marketing yourself, politics and post-truth

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Mobility, Scientists on the move

Marketing yourself, politics and post-truth

Achieving your dream job is always going to be a bit of a challenge. You may have a great degree, and maybe relevant experience, but getting your potential employer to believe you are absolutely the right person for the job means marketing yourself correctly. This can be tricky, particularly if you are starting off new in a field with no established reputation behind you.  Read more

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  • classes
  • climate change
  • CV
  • development
  • employer
  • flexible
  • interview
  • job
  • marketing
  • player
  • policy
  • politics
  • promotion
  • purist
  • role
  • sally brown
  • self-promotion
  • southhampton

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17 Feb 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Development and debate about the March for Science

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Diversity, Events, Mobility, Research, Scientists on the move, Social media, Union, US

Development and debate about the March for Science

It’s fair to say the scientific community is spending a lot of time talking about the March for Science, due to take place on April 22, 2017. While organizers are preparing for events in Washington, D.C. and satellite locations around the world, scientists are evaluating their roles in politics and public outreach. I reached out to scientists and science supporters to discuss the march and the impact of recent political decisions on science, scientific policy, and our careers as scientists.  Read more

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  • america
  • anti intellectualism
  • april 22nd
  • ban
  • climate change
  • climate science
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • community
  • dc
  • Donald Trump
  • education
  • election
  • funding
  • global warming
  • immigration
  • march
  • march for science
  • nicole forrester
  • nikki forrester
  • policy
  • politics
  • public lands
  • right
  • US
  • washington
  • water

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20 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Defending science by opening up: Lessons from Understanding Animal Research

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Blog, Communication, Data, In the news, Perspectives, Research

Defending science by opening up:  Lessons from Understanding Animal Research

In the UK, almost half of the public believes that some animal research goes on without an official licence. The situation is similar in the US. This ignorance finds its way to policy makers around the world who dismiss academics and deride science. Clearly, there is a profound imbalance in the knowledge available to scientists and to the rest of society about animal research.  Read more

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  • academia
  • academics
  • animal
  • animal research
  • animal rights
  • bio
  • biotech
  • data sharing
  • defend research
  • engagement
  • extremist
  • knowledge gap
  • knowledge transfer
  • lev tankelevitch
  • model
  • mouse
  • policy
  • politics
  • public engagement
  • rats
  • research
  • research model
  • science
  • testing
  • transparency

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13 Feb 2015 | 11:30 GMT

#ScientistOnTheMove in January 2015

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove

Cathy Winterton

In 2014, Naturejobs is celebrating mobility in science, where researchers are changing labs, moving countries or transitioning into something completely different. In January 2014, all of these things hapenned. Below, we’ve selected just a handful of job changes to give you a flavour of the variety of things you can do with a science degree.  Read more

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  • #Scientistonthemove
  • academia
  • Editor
  • industry
  • PhD
  • policy
  • postdoc
  • research
  • science communication

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26 Dec 2014 | 06:00 GMT

Most read on Naturejobs: December 2014

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Blog

Most read on Naturejobs: December 2014

So far, in December 2014, you’ve done a lot of reading and writing! We want to thank our wonderful contributors this month: Shimi Rii and Frances Saunders. Thank you both very much.  Read more

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  • academia
  • data publishing
  • job hunt
  • journals
  • policy
  • postdoc
  • research
  • transitions

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03 Dec 2014 | 06:00 GMT

From academia to policy with David Carr

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Career paths

From academia to policy with David Carr

Staying in touch with science was the one thing David Carr wanted when he left academia in 1998. After spending a year working  in a scientific consultancy organisation whilst also writing up his masters, Carr joined the Wellcome Trust. Since joining he has become more and more involved in science policy. In this interview I ask Carr why science policy is important, why he enjoys it and what advice he has to offer to those who wish to work in this field.  Read more

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  • academia
  • advisor
  • Bioscience
  • funding
  • government
  • PhD
  • policy
  • Wellcome Trust

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19 Nov 2014 | 11:00 GMT

How to publish better science through better data

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Events

How to publish better science through better data

Data, without a doubt, are the foundation of science. If you’re a researcher, your life is data: you spend your days generating it, analysing it, and writing papers about it. You share it with colleagues and collaborate on projects that will build on it and find new and exciting things. But policy makers, funders and universities are also involved in the conversation – each trying to solve the problem of managing the increasing influx of data whilst keeping the integrity of science high.  Read more

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  • big data
  • data management
  • event
  • funding
  • policy
  • publishing
  • research
  • science
  • Scientific Data

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