How to track the "lost generation" of scientists

With a PhD you can do anything: UK careers consultant Sarah Blackford describes how a "SWOT analysis" of your skills can identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in your career roadmap. Sarah's sound advice might well have been followed by biotechnolog... by Working Scientist

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Challenges and opportunities for materials researchers in China: China's investment in materials science makes it an attractive destination for young foreign researchers looking to relocate, with decent salaries and facilities that many western universities would envy.John Plummer, senior portfolio editor fo... by Working Scientist

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How to be a consummate networker: Alaina G Levine and Peter Fiske describe how networking can help you move between industry and academia. by Working Scientist

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Life in the PhD lane: An insight into sports science, plus Nature's 2017 PhD survey findings explained. by Working Scientist

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Family life, career life: Making it work: Lessons on a move from industry to academia from a mother-of-five. by Working Scientist

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Flexibility and forward planning: London Naturejobs Career Expo speakers, exhibitors and attendees share how flexibility in a scientific career can stretch your career options. by Working Scientist

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How to run a creative and diverse PhD programme: Julie Gould discusses problem solving, research integrity, and the importance of feedback in PhD programmes at the 2018 ORPHEUS conference, held in Iceland. by Working Scientist

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Curating the careers of India's women scientists: How two women showcase the achievements of India's female research community and the career challenges they face. by Working Scientist

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How to track the "lost generation" of scientists: The value of scientific careers outside academia needs to be acknowledged. Universities can help by publishing data on where their researchers end up. by Working Scientist

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Job satisfaction and transferable skills: Recognising your skills and accomplishments boosts job satisfaction by Working Scientist

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A winning team of innovators who promote women in science: The Association of Hungarian Women in Science (NATE) has won Nature Research's inaugural Innovation in Science Award, one of two global prizes launched in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies and presented at a ceremony in London held on 30... by Working Scientist

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Start looking for jobs before you finish your PhD: In the final episode of this six-part podcast series about physics careers, Gaia Donati draws on her contact with fellow physicists in her role as a manuscript editor at Nature, where she oversees research papers in several areas, inc... by Working Scientist

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Women in physics, women in Africa: Alexandra Olaya-Castro describes how she draws on experiences she faced earlier in her career to support women and colleagues from minority groups in her current role as professor of physics at University College London. "Like any stereotype you c... by Working Scientist

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Grant application essentials: Expert advice on how to get the details of a grant submission right, and planning for "curveball questions" if you are asked to deliver an oral presentation: - Peter Gorsuch, Chief Editor at Nature Research Editing Services, tells Julie Go... by Working Scientist

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The grant funding lottery and how to fix it: Many grant funding decisions are random, with luck playing a large part. How can the system be improved, particularly when funds are tight? In the final episode of our six-part series on funding, Feric Fang, a professor in the departments of laborat... by Working Scientist

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Science, sickness and dyslexia: Julia Hubbard has Type 1 diabetes and lupus. Collin Diedrich has dyslexia. Listen to their top tips for juggling scientific careers alongside illness and disability. by Working Scientist

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Meaningful mentoring: How to get better at mentoring when you’re new to a leadership role. by Working Scientist

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Lean PhD programmes, and a conversation with Lego Grad Student: Lego Grad Student is the alter ego of an early career researcher whose schadenfreude-laden Twitter posts "capture an adult's distress in adult education." He tells Jack Leeming how a childhood love of Lego was reignited after a painful d... by Working Scientist

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Companies on campus: An interview with Jana Watson-Capps about the blossoming relationships between academia and industry, and a snippet from this week's Nature podcast on cross-disciplinary research. by Working Scientist

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Why universities are failing to embrace AI: Mark Dodgson and Lee Cronin discuss the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence on university teaching, research, and scientific careers.Artificial intelligence (AI) has been hailed as the "fourth Industrial Revolution," a disru... by Working Scientist

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Inside the NIH grant review process: In this first episode of a six-part weekly series about funding, Julie Gould outlines the US National Institutes of Health's (NIH) grant review process and the extent to which reviewers evaluating the same applications agree or disagree. Is the cu... by Working Scientist

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Salary and job satisfaction in science: voices from the front line: Chris Woolston and Julie Gould discuss the findings of Nature's 2018 salary and job satisfaction survey, which found that despite some common concerns about pay, promotion prospects, bullying and discrimination, 75% are happy with their career cho... by Working Scientist

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Another country, and how to fit in: Career mobility is a fact of life in science and there are plenty of opportunities to study and work internationally. Andrew Spencer, a workplace trainer based in the UK, describes some cultural differences and hierarchies you may face abroad. by Working Scientist

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Stars of the yeast: Two scientists describe their career moves from academia to vintinculture and bread making by Working Scientist

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Love science, loathe coding? Research software engineers to the rescue: Simon Hettrick tells Julie Gould about the role of research software engineers, what they do and how you can become one.In the third episode of our six-part podcast series on workplace technology, we learn more about the importance of coding for sc... by Working Scientist

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How to navigate the UK's new research funding landscape by Working Scientist

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Science diversified: Tackling an ‘ableist’ culture in research: Two researchers with disabilities describe an ‘ableist’ culture in academia, a system designed for fully fit and healthy people that does little to account for those who fall outside those parameters.  This culture... by Working Scientist

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Talking about a technological revolution in the lab: In the final episode of this six-part podcast series about workplace technology, Lee Cronin talks about the "chemputer," a device he and his team developed as a "chemical Google to search for the origin of life."In November 2018 ... by Working Scientist

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Coronavirus conversations: Science communication during a pandemic: Do researchers and frontline clinicians have a moral obligation to communicate science around the coronavirus?In the second episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series about science communication, Pakinam Amer explores crisis communica... by Working Scientist

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How to beat research funding's boom and bust cycle: Julie Gould asks how early career researchers can develop their careers in the face of funding's "boom and bust" cycle and the short-termism it engenders.Governments are swayed by political uncertainty and technological developments, ... by Working Scientist

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How to track the "lost generation" of scientists

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