The PhD thesis and how to boost its impact
The thesis is a central element of how graduate students are assessed. But is it time for an overhaul? Julie Gould finds out.How do you decide whether or not somebody is a fully trained researcher? Ja...
6 Dec 201912min
Team PhD
Scientific research is not the endeavour of a single person. It requires a team of people. How can this be better reflected in graduate student training, asks Julie Gould.Is science ready for "Team Ph...
28 Nov 201915min
It's time to fix the "one size fits all" PhD
Julie Gould asks six higher education experts if it's now time to go back to the drawing board and redesign graduate programmes from scratch.Suzanne Ortega, president of the US Council of Graduate Sch...
21 Nov 201912min
Too many PhDs, too few research positions
Students need to be clear about their reasons for pursuing a PhD and the career options open to them, Julie Gould discovers.In 2015, labour economist Paula Stephan told an audience of early career res...
18 Nov 201910min
My courtroom battles to halt illegal peatland fires in Indonesia
Adam Levy talks to 2019 John Maddox Prize winner Bambang Hero Saharjo and Olivier Bernard, the Canadian pharmacist whose campaign against vitamin C injections for cancer patients earned him the early ...
12 Nov 201919min
Working Scientist: The award-winning neuroscientist who blazes a trail for open hardware
Tom Baden's work into the neuroscience of vision has earned him the inaugural Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact.Tom Baden, professor of neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK, is t...
8 Nov 201917min
Working Scientist podcast: How to inspire young women to consider scientific careerssode
Two projects aimed at boosting female representation in STEM have won the second Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Science and Innovating Science, in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies.Jea...
15 Okt 201922min
Start looking for jobs before you finish your PhD
In the final episode of this six-part podcast series about physics careers, Gaia Donati draws on her contact with fellow physicists in her role as a manuscript editor at Nature, where she oversees res...
30 Aug 201911min
