Postgraduate and early career

Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities

UCU says it has secured an average 15 per cent wage increase for supervisors at Cambridge, and pay raise of 14 per cent for some doctoral tutors at Sussex

Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors’ whims, leaving some feeling exploited

Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report

Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say

Home Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ‘weaponisation of immigration status’ by universities when students complain, say critics

Top US funding agency manages record increase in key programme for younger scientists, and sees gains in overall equity, while absorbing net cut in its annual budget

Boosting your publication metrics need not come at the expense of your integrity if you bear in mind these 10 tips, says Adrian Furnham

David Mba creates fully funded PhD studentships after taking reins at Birmingham City University

What other industry would deem those with so much prior training to still be mere trainees? Let’s call them what they are – researchers, says Michele Nardin

Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia

Improved settlement for UK’s ‘biggest-ever’ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms

Programme for young Americans to study in Ireland needs $40 million endowment to ensure future, founder says

Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report

Keeping highly trained people on tenterhooks for so long undermines the conditions necessary for innovation, says a university manager

Animal behaviour expert Weliton Menário Costa wins international prize for flamboyant take on how marsupials have distinct personalities

Upfront costs can run into thousands of pounds, so speedy repayment is vital for equal access to permanent employment, says Eleanor Palser

Students doing master’s and PhDs in the UK are ineligible for childcare grants, which are in place only for full-time undergraduates

Huang Feiruo placed on leave by Huazhong Agricultural University after whistleblowing report circulates widely

Other universities could follow Trinity and announce action, says union president

Pressure to publish seen as ‘contributing factor’ to recent suicides, as Madras faces backlash on doctoral monitoring

When adjunct faculty contribute so much to US academia, why are they denied basic benefits such as health insurance and medical leave, asks Josh Hiller

Stealing other people’s research students corrupts collegiality, the cornerstone of academic life, says T. Prabhakar Clement

Universities end offers of on-campus dormitories to career-focused master’s students

While overseas students still flock to the UK for PhDs, concerns are growing over weakening domestic demand, a decline in UKRI-funded starters and whether universities can afford to train the next generation of researchers

Top US funding agency considers $70,000 (£55,000) minimum salary that could become wider model

Reimagined PhD that provides students with business training and industry contacts is attracting interest from governments and science philanthropists

Removal of personal and affiliation details means assessors judge the idea rather than the researcher’s track record

Recently announced changes to skilled worker visa ‘bitter news’, says European Research Council president Maria Leptin

Loss of access to EThOS archive of 600,000 doctoral dissertations causes major disruption for PhD students

Higher satisfaction levels among the rising numbers of Indian and Pakistani students have led to strong approval ratings for UK universities, says Advance HE

Analysis of 5.8 million authors across all scientific disciplines also shows gender gap is closing, but with distance to go

Lost earnings and missed workplace experience means PhD graduates will take decades to catch up on postgraduates despite higher wages, analysis shows

Barely half of postgraduate researchers in the UK and Australia feel like they are part of a community of postgraduate researchers, according to major survey

Record walkout at top public US system won graduate students a new contract, but ambiguous details have left them struggling with lower-than-expected pay

Proposed threshold fails to take account of funding challenges facing universities, sector groups say

Overall decline in number of doctoral candidates winning support masks even sharper drop among UK-domiciled applicants

They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don’t formalise the link, analysts warn

Most Grand Canyon University students on affected programmes had to pay as much as $12,000 (£10,000) more than advertised, says Department of Education

Lack of publicly available data on doctoral degree holders is allowing people to add fake credentials to their resumés, says research fraud expert

Review finds only one in three institutions publishes guidance on alternative doctorate format

More than 1,000 signatories back petition demanding the Arts and Humanities Research Council examine how doctoral funding changes will affect disadvantaged students

Funder’s ‘New Deal’ will examine welfare arrangements for PhD students but insists they are better off ‘without an employment contract’

Arts and Humanities Research Council funding ‘has been some sort of oasis, but it too is now quickly drying up’

UK funder will support fewer PhD studentships as cost pressures from reduced funding and higher doctoral stipends bite

With job prospects slim in Japanese academia, PhD students may need to look outside country for further employment, researcher suggests

Karl Andersson’s article about his use of provocative images of young boys caused outrage among MPs and scholars

Academia can only host a fraction of doctoral graduates, but few universities collect destinations data showing where their other PhDs end up, making it hard to prepare new recruits for appealing alternatives

Watchdog expresses concern as employers increasingly look for higher degrees

People were remotely studying for higher degrees long before Covid, researchers say, and universities should pay them more attention

Angered by pay and conditions, more than 90 per cent of student workers voting to unionise, well above 75 per cent pre-Covid average, annual analysis finds

Anger over ‘double-taxing’ of foreign researchers thanks to £1,000-plus levy is causing scientific talent to explore job opportunities outside the UK, warn scientists

Doctoral candidates at their wits’ end as visa processing stalls again

Guaranteed interviews for ethnic minority applicants of a certain standard would also tackle postgraduate underrepresentation, says Research England-backed initiative

September will see thousands of thesis defenders invited to swear oath to scientific ethics and integrity, but many remain sceptical of ritual’s value

After tackling the challenges of accessing large and diverse survey samples, Phelim Bradley’s Prolific is moving into AI

Learned societies question quality of data, mismatch to EU goals, choice of indicators and ignorance of social and political contexts used by planned monitoring tool

I want my research to fuel change and make a positive impact on the world, and I do not want to suffer in the process, says Heidi Green

Recent drops of up to 15 per cent in enrolments blamed on tougher security screening, stingy stipends and a hybrid system creating a crowded market for top-level qualifications

Universities seek to recruit more – and more diverse – students by offering range of enrolment points