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Despite gains by women and people of colour, men continue to occupy almost three-quarters of all science and engineering positions in the nation, and close to two-thirds are occupied by those who identify as white.
Universities and science employers must adopt practices to diversify their research workforce and move beyond simply hiring members of under-represented groups, finds the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Tens of thousands of job advertisements across Europe call for research experience, but teaching and student-supervision skills are also high on the wanted list.
Artificial-intelligence tools are becoming increasingly adept at autogenerating text, raising concerns around authorship and research integrity. How is your institution addressing the issue?
Doctoral candidates and a university association say that the current stipend is far below the nation’s living wage and that a proposed increase is insufficient.
University associations, legislators, students and other stakeholders release a declaration on ways to recruit and retain early-career researchers in academia.