From professional ballet dancer to quantum chemist
Creativity has been central to James Shee’s career across both art and science
The pension cost of doing a PhD
Exploring the wider impacts of a PhD on your finances
Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services
Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents
Does gamification have a place in chemistry education?
Escape rooms, murder mysteries and virtual reality are being used to try to make the subject more attractive to students
How to thrive at conferences
Five tips for making the most of meet-ups
My summer writing for Chemistry World
Rupo Mapanga on being a science writer intern at the Royal Society of Chemistry
Sara Shinton’s career developing research leaders
UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellows Development Network director is on a mission to improve research culture through good leadership
Highlights
Does gamification have a place in chemistry education?
Escape rooms, murder mysteries and virtual reality are being used to try to make the subject more attractive to students
The narrative CV: a step towards more inclusive science?
Exploring an alternative to a traditional list of achievements
The benefits of following a PhD with an MBA
The chemists who have achieved professional success by getting business and management degrees
How taking part in extracurricular activities during your PhD can help you build your CV
Opportunities to take part in teaching, event organisation and outreach all develop valuable skills
Will open science change chemistry?
While more researchers are adopting open access, open data, open peer review and open projects, some significant barriers are hindering progress
How to thrive at conferences
Five tips for making the most of meet-ups
How to make an effective LinkedIn profile
Tips for making your online presence more attractive to employers
How to have fewer, more effective meetings
Five strategies that can help individuals and institutions manage meetings better
How to finish a PhD
Five tips for navigating the final months of your research project
How to get experience for science communication officer roles
Five tips to build your skills and see if it’s a career for you
How to organise your data
Six tips for keeping your results in order
From professional ballet dancer to quantum chemist
Creativity has been central to James Shee’s career across both art and science
Paul Alivisatos: ‘Physical chemistry brought me back into the fold’
The nanomaterials pioneer talks about coming from a family of immigrants, wandering as an undergraduate and finding his compass
Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services
Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents
Sara Shinton’s career developing research leaders
UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellows Development Network director is on a mission to improve research culture through good leadership
Jon-Paul Griffiths: ‘Starting a small company is a phenomenal experience’
The chief technology officer of Oxeco on spinning out, supporting entrepreneurs and the difficulties of identifying a market
This nanotechnology expert works with both plant and brain cells
Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?
Re-establishing my scientist identity in industry
How to embrace a career transition outside of academia
How taking part in extracurricular activities during your PhD can help you build your CV
Opportunities to take part in teaching, event organisation and outreach all develop valuable skills
The importance of applying for funding early in your career
An empowering way to build a highly prized skill
Should I stay or should I go?
Two colleagues in academia and industry reflect on their career choices
LGBTQ+ in Stem: Using data to foster inclusion – Part 2
LGBTQ+ in Stem: Using data to foster inclusion – Part 1
The untapped power of emotional intelligence for PhDs
Empowering voices: Advancing social mobility in the chemical sciences
Troubleshooting your career
Making science communication persuasive and engaging
The pension cost of doing a PhD
Exploring the wider impacts of a PhD on your finances
New UKRI terms do more to acknowledge the diversity of PhD researchers
But further stipend increases are needed to fully widen access to doctoral study
Caltech grad students and postdocs secure pay rises and better benefits
After months of negotiations union helps academics secure expanded protections and new rights
Explainer: How an American car workers’ union became a champion for postdocs
The United Auto Workers union now represents over 100,000 academics, supercharging their fight for better conditions
US government scientist union scores latest contract win
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions
The striking truth
Better pay can benefit the whole research enterprise
Hidden from view: being a scientific advisor for the emergency services
Stephen Yao’s expertise helps the emergency services deal with chemical incidents
‘A mix of amazement, pure joy and relief’: chemists reflect on their Eureka moments
Cultivating your surroundings and work practices can make your own Eureka moment more likely
Chemists amid coronavirus five years on
Rebecca Trager catches up with four chemists to see how their working lives have changed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Liang Zhang
Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Anya Gryn’ova
Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Lee Cronin
Forming bonds through Covid-19
Sara Shinton’s career developing research leaders
Jon-Paul Griffiths: ‘Starting a small company is a phenomenal experience’