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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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22 Mar 2018 | 08:10 GMT

Fewer women lead top universities

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Admin, Career paths, Diversity, People Management, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Report, UK, US

Fewer women lead top universities

Just 34 of leading universities named in this year’s annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have female presidents, down 1% from the 36 that were led by women in 2017.  Read more

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  • administration
  • diversity
  • gender
  • gender bias
  • gender equity
  • gender parity
  • leadership
  • Mentor
  • role model
  • university
  • university president
  • women in science

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15 Mar 2018 | 08:00 GMT

Depression and anxiety are common among graduate students

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, PhD, Postgraduate, Relationships, Research, US

Depression and anxiety are common among graduate students

More than 40% of respondents to the voluntary survey had anxiety scores in the moderate to severe range, and nearly 40% of respondents showed signs of moderate to severe depression. Both rates were more than six times greater than those found in the general public using the same standardized questionnaires.  Read more

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  • anxiety
  • depression
  • graduate student
  • mental health
  • Mentor
  • PhD student
  • stress
  • time management
  • work-life balance

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15 Dec 2017 | 13:00 GMT

A culture of kindness: overcoming bullying

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Blog, Communication, Relationships

A culture of kindness: overcoming bullying

No-one could fail to be moved by the video shared this week of a schoolboy crying over bullying. As adults we hope that we’ve moved away from school bullies. But in academia it seems that bullying is a persistent problem, with up to 42% of academics reporting some form of workplace bullying. In adult life, bullies rarely steal our lunch money or gum our hair. But they do steal our self-confidence, make us feel inadequate and question our work.  My own experience with bullying has taught me how to recognise it, and what to do to overcome it in the workplace.  Read more

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  • academia
  • bullying
  • criticism
  • eileen parkes
  • inadequate
  • kindness
  • Mentor
  • mentorship
  • overworked
  • peers
  • self confidence
  • workplace
  • workplace bullying

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06 Oct 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Finding mentorship

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Collaboration, Competition, Events, Featured, People Management, Research

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Naturejobs journalism competition winner Eileen Parkes  … Read more

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  • belfast
  • eileen parkes
  • Mentor
  • mentoring
  • mentorship
  • NJCE
  • njce17
  • oncology
  • perfect mentor
  • postdoc
  • queens university
  • writing competition

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29 Sep 2017 | 10:00 GMT

Mentoring: A powerful tool

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Communication, Diversity, Faculty, Relationships, Research

Mentoring: A powerful tool

Rana Dajani, a molecular biologist based at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, developed the toolkit to inspire female researchers to build the networks they need to support, collaborate and advise one another as they move forward in their careers.  Read more

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  • communication
  • diversity
  • female scientist
  • gender
  • Mentor
  • mentoring
  • Middle East
  • relationship
  • woman
  • women
  • Women in STEM

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25 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Ten tips for finding an effective mentor

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Academia, Industry, Postgraduate, Relationships

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The meandering path to a career in science offers challenges that can be difficult to confront alone. Finding an effective mentor who offers advice and inspiration can help you navigate the maze successfully, say Andrew Gaudet and Laura Fonken.  Read more

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  • academic mentor
  • andrew gaudet
  • career in science
  • contact
  • goals
  • interest
  • laura fonken
  • Mentor
  • mentoring
  • mentors
  • navigate
  • network
  • path
  • skills
  • strengths
  • trajectory
  • weaknesses

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13 Dec 2016 | 16:00 GMT

The Art of Supervision in the Arab and Gulf Region

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Collaboration, Communication

The Art of Supervision in the Arab and Gulf Region

The majority of the Arab world gained independence from western colonization during the second half of the 20th century. While Western states were building their research base then, most Arab states were focused on education. Now, the Arab world is trying to catch up. The two main challenges we face today are improving scientific training, and engaging more women in science.  Read more

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  • academic mentor
  • academic supervisor
  • arab
  • arab region
  • arabic
  • connections
  • culture
  • differences
  • KAIMRC
  • Lab
  • legacy
  • Mentor
  • mentoring
  • Middle East
  • mohamed boudjelal
  • networks
  • PI
  • regions
  • research
  • science
  • states
  • supervisor
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01 Jul 2016 | 10:00 GMT

The precious, precious networking platinum that is Lindau

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Communication, In the news, Mobility, People Management, Physics, Relationships, Research

The precious, precious networking platinum that is Lindau

Lindau is a special conference. Here, under the banner of Educate-Inspire-Connect, and above cobblestone streets, next to a city hall dating back to the 1400s, networking is very much encouraged, supported, facilitated and emphasised. And the networking here is precious, precious platinum.  Read more

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  • Alaina Levine
  • celebrities
  • communicatings
  • conferences
  • early career
  • Germany
  • guest contributor
  • introduce
  • Lindau
  • meets
  • Mentor
  • mentorship
  • networking
  • Nobel
  • Nobel Prize
  • Prize
  • research
  • sci
  • scicomm
  • science
  • talking to

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08 Jun 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Team science and the early career researcher

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Careers articles, Collaboration, Communication, Data, Funding, Perspectives, Publishing, Relationships, Report, Research

Team science and the early career researcher

Guest contributor Lucia Possamai  … Read more

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  • academy of medical sciences
  • achievements
  • author
  • authorship
  • collaboration
  • collaborators
  • early career
  • first author
  • funding
  • Imperial College
  • Imperial College London
  • journal
  • lucia possamai
  • medical sciences
  • Mentor
  • mentoring
  • mentorship
  • Naturejobs
  • paper
  • portfolio
  • postdoc
  • problem
  • projects
  • publications
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  • research
  • researcher
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