All Doctorate articles
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Leaked exams lead to cancellations that leave Indian students and researchers frustrated
Over a million students and early-career researchers hit by latest cash for exam questions scandal
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National Institutes for Health boosts pay for PhD students and postdocs in the US
Stipend increases apply to more than 17,000 early-career researchers
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Canada pledges dramatic pay rise for PhDs, postdocs – but many will not benefit
Budget commits $825 million over five years to boost PhD stipends and postdoctoral fellowships, after over 20 years of stagnation
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Doctoral training receives £1 billion but student numbers to fall by 5%
Backing for CDTs will see more than 4000 students trained over the next nine years
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UKRI commits £500 million to support doctoral studentships
Awards expected to be ready from October 2025
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Report reveals worrying lack of support for disabled doctoral students
A third of disabled Stem PhD students don’t get the support they need to thrive
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Irish PhD researchers left disappointed as stipend raise is just half of what was hoped for
Independent review recommended increasing stipends to €25,000 but they rose to just €22,000
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University of California accused of not honouring contracts negotiated following massive strike
Months after postdocs and researchers won better pay and conditions, many of the promised benefits haven’t materialised
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Strikes spread across US as postdocs and other researchers fight for better pay and conditions
The success of high-profile strikes at the University of California system has sparked a movement that is spreading across the country
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Pay rise for PhDs in Ireland, but failure to tackle other issues sees strike action threatened
Independent review recommends €25,000 salaries – however, questions over employment status and visas remain unanswered
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Massive strike at University of California over low pay and poor benefits
Research at 10 campuses comes to a standstill as 48,000 academic workers walk off the job over what they deem unfair labour practices
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Careers
PhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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Small group of top schools in the US supply most of the nation’s faculty
Approximately 80% of all faculty trained in the US got their PhDs at 20% of the country’s universities
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Careers
PhD students don’t need second jobs – they need paying above minimum wage
Recommended minimum stipends for UK-based PhDs failed to match inflation since 2005, exacerbating the current cost-of-living crisis
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Opinion
Rights and wrongs
Universities need to consider exactly what postgraduates’ employment status is
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Careers
Doctoring the doctorate
There are now more ways than ever before to complete your PhD, finds Kit Chapman
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Wage rise for Max Planck PhD candidates approved
Around 3400 doctoral researchers will benefit from the higher salary
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Lack of support undermines minority and female chemistry PhDs
US survey shows importance of peers and finances in graduate schools