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Lack of access to resources is a big problem for postdoctoral researchers.
Embracing more rigorous scientific methods would mean getting science right more often than we currently do. But the way we value and reward scientists makes this a challenge.
The limits of fertility and an elongated academic career path are currently at odds. If the choice to bear children contributes to the ‘leaky pipeline’ of women in STEM, what can be done?
Shouting past each other via different kinds of media isn’t going to help researchers – from éminences grises to new postdocs – effectively work together on issues in the field of science.
The STEM fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics supposedly suffer from a shortage of graduates. Conventional wisdom says there’s no one for employers to hire for science and engineering…
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Tufts University
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Northwestern University
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Director of programmes, African Academy of Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced
