Beyond academia: Planning the perfect exit strategy for a scientific career move
Researchers looking to switch sectors are often plagued by uncertainty. Many take years to make the move after weighing up the pros and cons of quitting academia.As academic research careers become in...
2 Feb 202213min
Breaking down the barriers that curtail industry collaborations and career moves
After more than three decades working for the same chemical company, Joan Cordiner accepted a senior role at a university. For many, she says, the move from industry to academia can feel like being a ...
26 Jan 20229min
How the pandemic widened scientists' mentoring networks
In the final episode of this seven-part series about mentoring, Ruth Gotian and Christine Pfund outline their hopes for post-pandemic mentoring and the changing nature of other collaborative relations...
21 Okt 202128min
How to keep the scientific-mentoring magic alive
Some researchers never lose touch with group leaders or committee members who mentored them as graduate students.As Jen Heemstra, a chemistry professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, says of...
14 Okt 202110min
The many mentoring types explained
Reverse mentoring, peer-to-peer, group sessions. Choose one or more to tackle a tough career transition.Andy Morris, employability mentoring manager at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, describ...
6 Okt 20219min
Mentoring, coaching, supervising: what’s the difference?
Good scientific mentors can provide both careers and psychosocial support, says Erin Dolan, who researches innovative approaches to science education at the University of Georgia in Athens. They provi...
30 Sep 202111min
How COVID-19 changed scientific mentoring
Many mentoring relationships were disrupted by the pandemic, particularly ones that relied on regular face-to-face contact.How did these established mentoring relationships survive the switch to virtu...
22 Sep 202111min
The mentoring messages that can get lost in translation
Science has become more international in the past few decades. This means that you might encounter a variety of people from different geographical and cultural backgrounds in your lab. So how does thi...
15 Sep 202111min
