Career Development for STEMM researchers
Landing a permanent research position in academia is tough. There simply aren’t enough permanent posts in academia to accommodate all the talented researchers who want one. The competition is fierce and future funding concerns will only exacerbate this issue. Some researchers already know they want to leave academia at the end of their current contract. … Read more
Academic training poses a conundrum. It develops early career researchers well for academic careers, but not so well for work outside the academy. Yet there is a global shortage of permanent academic jobs (and as I outlined last time this shortage is, in all likelihood, set to increase in the coming years). Estimates of how … Read more
COVID-19 has shut universities and research institutions across the globe. But this is nothing new for infectious diseases. Above is a picture of Sir Isaac Newton’s childhood home at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England – (well worth a visit if you ever get the chance)! In 1665 an outbreak of bubonic plague in south east … Read more