A tool for navigating your research career
LSE Impact BlogNew tool to help map your activities exposing where activity is clustered, supporting you to be strategic and selective in what you take on to support your career priorities and goals.
Partner Blogs
Bullied abroad: how foreign researchers can fight back
Nature Careers BlogMost international scholars do not report experiences of bullying because they fear retaliation. But they can take action learn how from Nic Fleming
Surviving early career research and beyond
Dementia ResearcherPaper by Mark C Leake published in IOPScience on 11th July, exploring career challenges and providing a guide to help navigate them
Academics should embrace Lo-Fi podcasting
We love podcasts, they have become an established part of university communications and public engagement activities – could they help you?
A Postdoc’s guide to choosing the right lab
Allison McClure describes how she secured her first postdoctoral position and shares her thoughts on how laboratories can attract candidates for Nature Careers
Peer-to-peer careers advice for research managers
Six technicians and managers share tips on how their roles can be better developed and supported, written by Nikki Forrester for Nature Careers
The case against Revise and Resubmit
Professor Christine Williams discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of abolishing the dreaded revise and resubmit, over and over again.
8 Ways Universities Can Make Career Assessment Equitable
New measures to reward scholars in the Netherlands could widen gender inequality if they are not designed and implemented correctly, warn four academics.
The Unintended Consequences of the pandemic on Non-COVID-19 Research Activities
This post examines which researchers have been most affected by this shift in research prioritise and how it has impacted different types of university
My PhD qualifying exam was hell – but it doesn’t define me
Blog from Gabriela Lopez a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University – shared from Science Magazine. A story of overcoming challenges
The scientific workplace in 2021
The impact on careers of a lingering pandemic and industrial unrest were among the challenges faced by working scientists in the past 12 months
Researchers positive about open science but there are issues
87% of researchers have a + attitude about open science. Young scientists are even more enthusiastic with a percentage of 94%., but there are obstacles