PhD

Graduate students planned a three-day-long strike to demand fair pay, union security, and improved protections against sexual harassment and discrimination. If an agreement isn’t met, the union says they may strike longer, potentially disrupting university research.

Plus, more scientists nowadays spend their entire careers in supporting roles, rather than leading their own research programs.

A new survey finds a consistent gap between men and women across numerous fields of science.  

Graduate students from The Scripps Research Institute share how they prepared to enter policy, law, biotech, and beyond.

Researchers and institutions seek to bridge the gap between emerging life science professionals and available positions.

It is unethical to admit increasing numbers of students to graduate programs without considering the realities of the job market.

A project examining the relationship between research funding and economic productivity offers insights into where new graduates work and what they earn.

Academia is not producing sufficient PhDs in the plant sciences to solve the crop production challenges facing a rapidly growing population.

The minister of education and research has stepped down after being stripped of her doctorate following accusations of plagiarism.

The German minister for science and education has been stripped of her PhD after she was found guilty of plagiarizing chunks of the dissertation she wrote in 1980.

UK’s Research Councils may fund fewer new doctoral students in the upcoming academic year.