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Many higher education institutions are focusing on innovation to be relevant. But this is only half of the puzzle. They also need to be teaching students how to be entrepreneurs.
Better support for PhD students would help South Africa meet its national research and development goals.
There’s a motivated, enthusiastic younger generation of scholars in South Africa who need support and mentoring.
How students are taught has been shown to be as important as what they are taught.
In this podcast, ANU Vice Chancellor and astrophysicist Brian Schmidt joins The Conversation to discuss the challenges universities are facing
There is only a single mooring managed by French researchers that monitors the impacts of climate change on West African Canary Current.
PhD students draw on their specialised and advanced skills to make a vital contribution to Australian research. Putting them on an income that’s below the poverty line doesn’t reflect their value.
Australia has world-class research but low rates of research commercialisation by global standards. The scale and cultural focus of the government’s plan mean it could have an impact on this problem.
COVID-19 lockdowns have kept researchers from their labs and libraries and delayed projects. What can be done to reduce the likely impacts?
More than 40% of the PhD students we surveyed met criteria for moderate to severe depression or anxiety.
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It is crucial to improve research training in Africa. This can help solve complex issues on the continent.
A PhD isn’t a golden ticket to success, but it is a brilliant opportunity to “flex your academic muscles and learn a lot about yourself”.
Fellowships should recognise that women may have different responsibilities when it comes to domestic chores and care of the family. This influences their academic opportunities and career choices.
Life for graduate students can be hard work and often isolating, and COVID-19 piled on the pressures. That’s when having an academic leader and program dedicated to supporting them proved its worth.
The early and mid-career researchers who bear most of the teaching and research workload are exhausted and underpaid. Many won’t survive the funding squeeze, but Australia can’t afford to lose them.
The realities of the job market mean most PhD students no longer work alongside people whose professional paths they will follow. Universities must do more to support non-academic mentorships.
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Gothenburg Sweden, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, Western Sydney University
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Post- Doctoral Research Fellow, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postgraduate Lead in the School of Natural Sciences and Associate Professor in Chemistry, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Research Director, CNRS, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)
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Chercheur Associé, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)
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Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Griffith University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Westminster
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor (Curriculum Studies), University of South Africa