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Working Scientist

Working Scientist is the Nature Careers podcast. It is produced by Nature Portfolio, publishers of the international science journal Nature. Working Scientist is a regular free audio show featuring ad... Read more

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It's time to fix the "one size fits all" PhD

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 pro... Read more

21 Nov 2019

12mins

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Learn to code to boost your research career

Learn to code to boost your research career

Learning how to coding brings career benefits and helps science by aiding reproducibility, Julie Gould discovers.Jessica... Read more

11 Apr 2019

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With a PhD you can do anything

With a PhD you can do anything

UK careers consultant Sarah Blackford describes how a "SWOT analysis" of your skills can identify strengths, weaknesses,... Read more

5 Oct 2018

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Start looking for jobs before you finish your PhD

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... Read more

30 Aug 2019

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Too many PhDs, too few research positions

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 discov... Read more

18 Nov 2019

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Salary and job satisfaction in science: voices from the front line

Salary and job satisfaction in science: voices from the front line

Chris Woolston and Julie Gould discuss the findings of Nature's 2018 salary and job satisfaction survey, which found tha... Read more

3 Dec 2018

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Why universities are failing to embrace AI

Why universities are failing to embrace AI

Mark Dodgson and Lee Cronin discuss the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence on university teaching, resea... Read more

3 Apr 2019

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How to plan a successful grant application

How to plan a successful grant application

It's best to start planning for a grant application at least 9-12 months before the submission deadline, says Anne Marie... Read more

11 Jan 2019

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Another country, and how to fit in

Another country, and how to fit in

Career mobility is a fact of life in science and there are plenty of opportunities to study and work abroad. Andrew Spen... Read more

12 Sep 2018

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Slack, and other technologies that are transforming lab life

Slack, and other technologies that are transforming lab life

Ben Britton's experimental micromechanics lab at Imperial College London currently includes four postdoctoral researcher... Read more

1 May 2019

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How technology can help solve science's reproducibility crisis

How technology can help solve science's reproducibility crisis

Machine learning and data management skills can raise your scientific profile and open up career opportunities, Julie Go... Read more

26 Apr 2019

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Job satisfaction and transferable skills

Job satisfaction and transferable skills

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2 Jan 2018

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Lean PhD programmes, and a conversation with Lego Grad Student

Lean PhD programmes, and a conversation with Lego Grad Student

Lego Grad Student is the alter ego of an early career researcher whose schadenfreude-laden Twitter posts "capture an adu... Read more

23 Oct 2018

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