By Richard Adams. Cambridge University and Imperial College ranked joint second, with Oxford and UCL claiming joint fifth place in QS rankings. Read more...By . Only 3.5% of UK science PhDs stay in university research. It’s time universities recognised that, and trained them accordingly. Read more...By Bridie Jabour. Seven Australian universities feature in QS World University Rankings top 100 with University of Melbourne taking second spot. Read more...By Natalie Gil. Cultural societies provide a safe haven in your first term, but make sure you also mix with other students. Read more...
By . Universities in the UK and Ireland are the best in the world on informing international students about degree course information, a new study claims. More...
By . Students who want to do master’s degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed. More...
By . Universities Scotland will “continue to work closely” with the Scottish and UK governments on funding and policy following today’s referendum result. Scotland’s university leaders have faced a difficult political climate during the referendum campaign, which resulted in today’s announcement of a win for the ‘No’ campaign, meaning Scotland will remain part of the United Kingdom. More...
By . Country-level reforms are the next stage needed in the development of a Europe-wide research area, according to a new report.
The European Commission report says that “good progress” has been made to date in setting the foundations to create an environment where researchers and scientific knowledge can flow freely between European countries. More...
By Jonathan Thon - The Black Hole. Most academic life science investigators struggle in the early years of lab start-ups, not because of their science, but from poor lab management. Much of this mismanagement invariably comes from poorly managed teams. For example, we all know a postdoc, tech or grad student who doesn’t seem to be pulling their weight. We have no idea why the principal investigator keeps them around. They haven’t produced any data for months and they hardly come in. More...
By Liz Koblyk. Career planning typically revolves around big choices. Move to a bigger city or stay close to home? Do an advanced degree or two – or none? Pursue a secure job – or one that feels riskier but more rewarding?
Too bad that, just as minor changes in data can dramatically impact weather prediction calculations, small events in our lives can disrupt our career plans. More...
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