Career Brief in 2012

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  • Classifying PhD candidates as employees preserves their rights and benefits.

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  • Female faculty members at Canadian universities earn less than males.

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  • Canada contributes funds to early-career neuroscience training programmes.

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  • US higher education system tops a list of 48 nations, according to rankings.

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  • Agreement to improve UK research careers yields some positives.

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  • European student group calls for funding to support mobility.

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  • Technology-transfer model best for inventors who need commercialization support.

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  • US universities should offer more support and guidance for diverse career options, report says.

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  • Informal benefits are more frequently awarded to men, according to study of one university.

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  • Research traineeships with drugmakers have declined as sector tightens.

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  • Fellowships offer opportunity to study global-health diseases in developing regions.

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  • Self-promotion is a big plus when applying for jobs.

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  • Venture-capital funding in the United Kingdom represents a boost for translational research.

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  • Study aims to find ways to decrease attrition of minority students.

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  • Pfizer collaboration will provide opportunities to work with industry.

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  • Michigan rules that graduate-student research assistants cannot form unions.

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  • US faculty members at doctoral institutions see bigger raises this year.

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  • Striving for work-life balance can take its toll on your career.

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  • Space-technology programme targets early-career researchers

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