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Correspondence |
Universities without walls: global trend v. Ukraine’s reality
- Yana Suchikova
- & Natalia Tsybuliak
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Showing the love as a science leader: the emotional side of empowering and inspiring others
Effective leaders should ideally make you feel calm, clear about priorities and cared for, say Gianpiero Petriglieri and Robert Harris.
- Julie Gould
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Leadership in science: “There is nothing wrong with being wrong”
Science is in good shape when its leaders can acknowledge things that go wrong, says Fiona Watt.
- Julie Gould
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Editorial |
Why we have nothing to fear from the decolonization of mathematics
Maths made the modern world — and everyone stands to gain from the acknowledgment that the world made maths.
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News |
UK universities report sharp post-Brexit drop in EU students
The 2021–22 academic year saw a 53% fall in the number of first-year EU students enrolling at British universities.
- Freda Kreier
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News |
Scientists petition UCLA to reverse ecologist’s suspension
Sanctions on Priyanga Amarasekare have baffled supporters, who think they are retaliation for speaking out against discrimination.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Career Q&A |
Why Dutch universities are stepping up support for academics facing threats and intimidation
An emergency helpline and online resource is now available to researchers in the Netherlands.
- Jacqui Thornton
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News |
Historic US research strike ends — but energizes a movement
As University of California researchers return to work, union organizers say this is just the beginning of a nationwide push for better working conditions.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Career Feature |
The scientific workforce in 2022
Cost-of-living crises, labour shortages and the impact of global politics on research collaborations were among the challenges faced by working scientists in a tumultuous year.
- Chris Woolston
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Rescinded job offers and quarantine hotels: what lockdown lab moves taught us
What was it like to move abroad at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic? Researchers describe the challenges and uncertainties they faced.
- Adam Levy
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News |
NIH plans grant-review overhaul to reduce bias
Reviewers would no longer score researchers’ expertise and institutions during grant evaluations for the US biomedical agency.
- Max Kozlov
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Moving labs: a checklist for researchers with disabilities
How to choose a workplace that is welcoming and safe, and where your career will thrive.
- Adam Levy
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News Round-Up |
Moon flyby, European Mars rover and elites’ advantage
The latest science news, in brief.
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Nature Index |
Leading science cities by the numbers
How the top five performers weigh up on population, research and the cost of living.
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Nature Index |
The driving forces behind the success of Beijing and Shanghai
China’s capital city still has a higher research output, but its innovating second city is catching up.
- Yvaine Ye
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News |
‘An attack on the future of science’: why UK researchers are striking
Nature spoke to three scientists seeking better pay and working conditions in the largest-ever higher-education strike.
- Miryam Naddaf
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News |
Thousands of academics strike in California: how is research affected?
Workers across the University of California’s ten campuses are demanding higher pay, childcare subsidies and stronger protection against harassment.
- Max Kozlov
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News |
Maths predicts World Cup winner — and more of this week’s best science graphics
Four charts from the world of research, selected by Nature editors.
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‘Labour advantage’ drives greater productivity at elite universities
Massive study shows how having more staff and students allows scientists at prestigious US institutions to publish more research.
- Miryam Naddaf
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Career Feature |
‘Intellectual challenge’: master’s students find reasons to be satisfied with their degree programmes
Graduate scholars are eager to launch their careers, eschewing the years of further study required for doctoral degrees.
- Chris Woolston
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Moving labs, moving countries: how to get both right
Three researchers outline the pros and cons of moving abroad for work or study.
- Adam Levy
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Nature Careers Podcast |
‘Trailing spouses’ and ‘two body’ problems: how to move labs as a scientist couple
You land a new job in a different city but your partner needs paid work there too. How do you support each other’s career choices?
- Adam Levy
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Career News |
Quiet quitting in science: share your views
Are you cutting back on duties to tackle burnout, protect your well-being or protest against poor working conditions? Take Nature’s poll.
- Nikki Forrester
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Editorial |
The scandal of researchers paid less than a living wage
The cost-of-living crisis is a fundamental threat for PhD scholars and early-career researchers. They need to be paid properly.
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Nature Careers Podcast |
‘Is the PI a jerk?’ Key questions to ask when you’re moving lab
Lab size, team culture, and a PI’s capacity to mentor you are among the many things to consider when you move lab.
- Adam Levy
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Correspondence |
Iran: amplify voices of persecuted academics
- Dorsa Amir
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- & Morteza Dehghani
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News Explainer |
US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in university admissions
Two hotly debated lawsuits argue that race-conscious admissions discriminate against white and Asian American applicants.
- Helen Santoro
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Nature Careers Podcast |
More support needed to survive the mid-career stage in science
Mid-career scientists need targeted training and development from funders and employers. Some are starting to provide it.
- Julie Gould
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Career Feature |
Stress and uncertainty drag down graduate students’ satisfaction
Scholars in PhD and master’s programmes struggle with securing work–life balance and support around career training and mental health, finds Nature survey.
- Chris Woolston
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Editorial |
Ending racism is key to better science: a message from Nature’s guest editors
This special issue is our ‘message in a bottle’ from the troubled ship of science. We urge readers to find it. Open it. Act on its contents.
- Melissa Nobles
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News Feature |
Computer science has a racism problem: these researchers want to fix it
Black and Hispanic people face huge hurdles at technology companies and in computer-science education in the United States, with far-reaching consequences for science and all of society.
- Melba Newsome
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News & Views |
Narrow hiring practices at US universities revealed
An analysis of faculty members employed at academic institutions in the United States reveals that most employees were trained at just a few universities. The finding provides insights into how hiring perpetuates inequalities.
- Cassidy R. Sugimoto
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Career Feature |
How hiring policies can help end workplace harassment
US institutions and states are revamping hiring practices in an attempt to increase transparency about past misconduct in academia.
- Emily Sohn
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News |
Most US professors are trained at same few elite universities
‘Jarring’ study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.
- Julian Nowogrodzki
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Article
| Open AccessQuantifying hierarchy and dynamics in US faculty hiring and retention
An analysis of the academic employment and doctoral education of faculty members at all PhD-granting US universities from 2011 to 2020 shows that a small minority of universities (20.4%) supply a large majority of faculty members (80.0%).
- K. Hunter Wapman
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Career News |
Grants and hiring: will impact factors and h-indices be scrapped?
Pan-European agreement aims for broader measures of researchers’ contributions to science.
- Chris Woolston
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News |
Monkeypox: how universities are preventing outbreaks on campus
Having learnt lessons from COVID-19, university officials worldwide are prioritizing testing and keeping students informed about risks.
- McKenzie Prillaman
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Career Guide |
How we boosted the number of female faculty members at our institution
Lessons from an affirmative-recruitment initiative for women in science and technology.
- Marilys Guillemin
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- & Georgina Such
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Career Guide |
Hiring and being hired: faculty members share their stories
Competition for the best talent is stiff. Here are ways for recruiters and jobseekers to stand out from the crowd.
- Andy Tay
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Correspondence |
Fieldwork: institutions can make it more ethical
- Laura E. Picot
- & Catherine Fallon Grasham
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Nature Index |
How cross-border collaboration underpins the nanoscience revolution
Five highly cited papers that have drawn on the strengths of international partnership.
- Bec Crew
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- & Benjamin Plackett
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Nature Index |
Teamwork drives Australia’s success in nanoscience
Cooperation between researchers and consistent government funding are finally bearing fruit.
- Benjamin Plackett
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Editorial |
Support Europe’s bold vision for responsible research assessment
There have been many initiatives to combat the distorting effect of research assessment exercises. The latest looks like it might work
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News Round-Up |
Molecular motor, warm blood’s origin and researcher lay-offs
The latest science news, in brief.