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11 Dec 2017 | 13:00 BST

The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Funding, In the news, PhD, Research, US

The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor

Recently the House of Representatives essentially voted to destroy graduate education in the United States. By taxing tuition waivers as income — and therefore treating their taxable income as two to three times the amount graduate students are actually paid — the Republican tax bill would effectively put graduate study outside of the reach of all but the independently wealthy. While the Senate version of the tax bill does not include this provision, it is far from certain what the final bill after the reconciliation process will look like.  Read more

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  • academia
  • emmerich davies
  • employment
  • funding
  • future
  • graduate
  • industry
  • j wesley boyd
  • security
  • student finances
  • tax
  • tuition fees
  • tuition waivers
  • universities
  • US

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13 Jan 2017 | 13:00 BST

New to graduate school? Pay attention to those core courses

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Academia, CV, Postgraduate

New to graduate school? Pay attention to those core courses

By the end of your first semester in graduate school, you may find yourself drowning in all sorts of emotional episodes if care is not taken. Often, the excitement and challenges that come with conducting research can be overwhelming. If you’re fortunate enough to have been offered a graduate research assistantship, the dual responsibilities of being a student and researcher can be tricky at first. It is imperative that new students balance that fine line until they become established.  Read more

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  • assistant
  • balance
  • between
  • careers
  • coursework
  • Entomology
  • fine line
  • graduate
  • Graduate school
  • research
  • semester
  • studies
  • tololope morawo
  • US

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23 Nov 2016 | 13:00 BST

It’s time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Career paths, Mobility, PhD

It's time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work

Gwilym Croucher, University of Melbourne  … Read more

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  • academia
  • academic
  • careers
  • employment
  • graduate
  • jobs
  • PhD
  • phd students
  • postgraduate
  • programs
  • the conversation
  • University of Melbourne

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07 Oct 2016 | 12:00 BST

Back to basics: Cracking an academic interview

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Communication, CV, Faculty, Postgraduate, Scientists on the move

Back to basics: Cracking an academic interview

Staying and working in academia is a good career choice but finding the right position in academia is still a tricky thing. Blanket-applying to as many positions as you can find and crossing your fingers isn’t going to cut it. Recently, I managed to crack some of my own postdoc interviews. Here’s what I learnt.  Read more

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  • bhavsar
  • career
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  • cracking
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03 Oct 2016 | 13:00 BST

Uncertain Airspace: Changing career paths is disorienting and exhilarating

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Mobility, People Management, Perspectives, PhD, Publishing, Research, Social media

Uncertain Airspace: Changing career paths is disorienting and exhilarating

Sometimes I ask people, “if you weren’t studying biology, what would you do?”  … Read more

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  • guest contributor
  • immunology
  • jonathan wosen
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14 Sep 2016 | 13:00 BST

Panic and a PhD

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Communication, Perspectives, PhD, Relationships, Research

Panic and a PhD

Here they share their story to support current doctoral students working to navigate and maintain a healthy work/life balance.  Read more

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  • anxiety
  • anxious
  • depression
  • doctoral program
  • erica roberts
  • erin tagai
  • grad
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  • guest contributor
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10 Jun 2016 | 12:00 BST

Study system envy

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Communication, Data, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Report, Research

Study system envy

Guest contributor Carolyn Beans  … Read more

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  • carolyn beans
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  • ecology
  • evolution
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18 May 2016 | 17:00 BST

Finding job satisfaction in technology transfer

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Communication, CV, Industry, Internship, Mobility, Publishing

Finding job satisfaction in technology transfer

As a business development officer at STEMCELL Technologies in Vancouver, Canada, Ben Thiede evaluates new technologies and negotiates deals that bring scientific advances to market. He describes his move from graduate studies toward law and into his current position.  Read more

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  • Academia to Industry
  • alternative careers for scientists
  • Canada
  • careers out of the lab
  • graduate
  • job satisfaction
  • research commercialisation
  • science
  • science to industry
  • STEMCELL technologies
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  • Trade Talk

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09 Oct 2013 | 14:07 BST

Graduate school survival skills

Posted by Catherine de Lange | Categories: Collaboration, PhD, Relationships

Graduate school survival skills

During the course of graduate school we’ve all likely felt as if we were stuck on a deserted island or lost in a rain forest without a map. It’s tough. As graduate students, we strive to create knowledge, but we’re not explicitly taught how to practice science. I’d like to share three lessons about graduate school that I did not appreciate at the time, and that could help you find your path to the other side.  Read more

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28 Feb 2011 | 12:26 BST

Chemists face employment woes – but there are ways to prosper

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Chemistry, Industry, Research, Unemployment, US

The rise of the biochemist and the challenges faced by recent chemistry graduates were among US employment trends discussed by analysts from the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in a webinar last week. We’ve summarised the key points for you below – let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment.  Read more

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  • American Chemical Society
  • biochemist
  • Brian Roberts
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • chemistry
  • contracts
  • David Harwell
  • Gareth Edwards
  • graduate
  • pharmaceutical

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