All Education articles – Page 14
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NewsUS National Academies urges postdoctoral reforms
Postdoctoral students are paid too little and have poor employment opportunities, a National Academies committee concludes
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NewsScience roadmap for next parliament unveiled
UK Campaign for Science and Engineering wants funding to match US levels and VAT exemptions for R&D
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OpinionAn escape plan
Karin Bodewits suggests that academia’s chairs might hold more women if they have a clear view of the exit
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NewsTussle over four-year science degrees in India
Government wants universities to return to three-year degrees to annoyance of top institutes
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CareersWest side stories
A stint in a US chemistry lab is a rite of passage for many academics. Sarah Houlton talks to the chemists who went to the labs of opportunity
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UK backs £52m science industry training fund
Government and employers will jointly fund vocational training
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CareersMasters of all things green
The University of York’s green chemistry master’s educates on all angles, from legislation to commercialisation, as Emma Davies finds out
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CareersRemote possibilities
Now you can graduate in drug discovery without ever leaving the house, as Sarah Houlton finds out
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CareersAnalysis without borders
Nina Notman looks at a European master’s course that lets students choose where and what to learn
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NewsTo lecture or not to lecture?
Active learning could substantially cut university students failing science with some claiming continuing lectures is ‘unethical’
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NewsPledge to create 2000 new STEM posts
UK government teams up with industry as part of campaign to inspire young people to take up science and engineering
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EPSRC announces £83.5m boost for PhD training
Funds will be split between 38 UK universities depending on research grant income
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FeatureScience at your fingertips
Will the rise of smartphones revolutionise chemistry? Sarah Houlton finds out
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OpinionDiplomacy through education
Jay Siegel is building the future of China’s Tianjin University by looking to its past – combining the academic cultures of east and west
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FeatureChemistry redux
At least six UK universities have recently opened a chemistry department. Kathryn Roberts reports
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CareersGeneration next
AstraZeneca is investing in the future of drug discovery with its new graduate training scheme in pharma. Manisha Lalloo finds out more
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Funding confirmed for another 19 doctoral centres
Extra centres will provide industrial training for a further 900 postgraduates