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Relation with Other Researchers: Cooperation or Competition?

Both cooperation and competition are integral aspects of scientific interaction. Joint projects combine diverse, specialized expertise to...

The Postdoc Experience: Hopes and Fears

Six early career researchers reflect on their experiences A PhD is not the ticket to an academic career that it once was. As the number...

Don’t Rely on Our University Rankings Alone, QS Tells Putrajaya

Despite Malaysian universities’ continued strong showing in QS Quacquarelli Symonds’s world rankings, the London-based firm has cautioned...

What is Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity means being honest in all academic work. Every University expects that all students and staff will act with academic...

The Story of a Shy Academic

Joe Moran on the little-known benefits of being a shrinking violet When I got my first academic job in 1996, it was easy enough to be...

Should the Foundations of a 21st-Century Academic Career Still be Built on the Traditional Model?

Communication within the science world and with the public is becoming shorter and snappier, yet our PhDs still seem to be stuck in the...