All Workforce articles – Page 3
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CareersThe many career benefits of apprenticeships
On-the-job training combined with a qualification provides apprentices with a solid first step on the scientific career ladder
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CareersPhD 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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CareersMaking interviews and workplaces fully accessible
Exploring the support available to disabled jobseekers and their employers
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ArticleFinancial woes ail early-career scientists
PhD students and postdocs are struggling to make ends meet
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CareersHow to begin financial planning
Five ways that PhD students and postdocs can prepare for the future
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OpinionIt’s time to ban staff–student relationships
A policy of discouragement doesn’t go far enough towards tackling sexual misconduct
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CareersThe difficulties of determining fair pay
Salary data suggests that perceived wage gaps in the chemical sciences are indeed present
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CareersResults of the RSC’s 2021 Pay and Reward survey
Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit, most chemists remain positive about their prospects
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CareersChemistry career options in sustainability
There’s a wide variety of jobs that place the environment at their core
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OpinionLGBTQ+ diversity in science and universities
Many queer scientists still feel they need to hide their full identity at work
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CareersThe daily struggle of LGBTQ+ scientists
Workplace equality for gender and sexual minorities remains a pipe dream in Stem
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OpinionAll work and no play
Is the long-hours culture of academic organic chemistry laboratories finally changing?
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CareersImposter syndrome’s disproportionate impact
In academic fields thought to require ‘brilliance’, women – and especially minority women – report greater feelings of professional inadequacy
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NewsPandemic continues to disrupt and depress UK researchers, survey finds
Researchers reported spending more time on peer-review activities, teaching and writing
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CareersExploring the space economy
In the words of Jean-Luc Picard, ‘things are only impossible until they are not’
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CareersSought-after chemist turns down job over tenure case
UNC Chapel Hill chemistry faculty warn that the university’s failure to hire renowned black journalist with tenure has ‘dire’ recruitment repercussions
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CareersDoctoring the doctorate
There are now more ways than ever before to complete your PhD, finds Kit Chapman
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CareersThe gender pay gap is not going away
Despite a variety of activities in industry and academia, women in chemistry continue to earn less than men