Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Communiqué de presse de l’Association Nationale des Docteurs (ANDès) et de la Confédération des Jeunes Chercheurs (CJC), 25 janvier 2018. Inscription des compétences partagées par les titulaires du doctorat au Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles. Plus...
By . Canada usually alternates between good news and bad news when it comes to higher education data. Good news: we’re getting marginally better data on profs, for only $1 million per year. Bad news: we have literally no data on students beyond registration data anymore (social/economic background, anyone?), and no one seems to care. More...
If you’re thinking about pursuing a PhD, then you are probably already weighing the relative merits of different universities. Each university – and, indeed, each university department – has its own distinctive culture and environment. Gathering as much information about it beforehand will help you make the most informed choice possible. More...
By Kudzai Mashininga. University of Zimbabwe Vice-chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura has been arrested for allegedly awarding former first lady Grace Mugabe a doctor of philosophy degree ‘corruptly’ in 2014. Nyagura was arrested on Friday 16 February and granted bail the following day. He is to reappear in court on 5 March. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. A new novel about academic life is not a ringing endorsement, to say the least. But it will make you laugh. And that's the point. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Roughly one-third of Ph.D.s who graduated from the University of Toronto between 2000 and 2015 hold tenure-track or tenured positions in academe, according to a major study of outcomes by the institution’s School of Graduate Studies. Sixty percent of graduates over all work in academe. More...
Créé en 1918, le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa est l’une des plus prestigieuses distinctions décernées par les universités françaises pour honorer des chercheurs étrangers partenaires.
Ce mardi à l’Université d’Angers , une cérémonie était organisée à la faculté de droit, d’économie et de gestion de l’UA (amphi Voney). Elle met à l’honneur Elsayed A. Elsayed, statisticien (USA), Denis Mukwege, médecin gynécologue (République démocratique du Congo) et Marius Andruh, chimiste (Roumanie). Plus...
My institution recently ran a comprehensive career-development program for our graduate students and postdocs. One of the workshop modules that our Ph.D.s valued most provided a general overview of communicating in the workplace. It advised them on some best practices to help smooth their transition to the next career destination. More...
A Ph.D. candidate describes the costs of doing service as a graduate student of color. More...
How do students evaluate the return on investment of pursuing a doctoral degree later in life? Gary A. Berg provides some answers. More...
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