Resources for mid-career scientists

Articles

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  Is it time for tenure to evolve?

  After a spate of high-profile tenure denials, US academics are rethinking how this beleaguered academic process can be made more fair.

  • Amber Dance

  Career Feature7 Aug 2023 Nature
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  Has the ‘great resignation’ hit academia?

  A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.

  • Virginia Gewin

  Career Feature31 May 2022 Nature
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  More support needed to survive the mid-career stage in science

  Mid-career scientists need targeted training and development from funders and employers. Some are starting to provide it.

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast26 Oct 2022 Nature
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  Mid-career scientists: advice to our younger selves

  What is it like to be a mid-career scientist? Five researchers field questions from junior colleagues, and describe what they wished they’d known at their age.

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast20 Oct 2022 Nature
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  Why the mid-career stage in science can feel like a second puberty

  A philosopher and a behavioural economist suggest some remedies to tackle the “muddle of the middle”.

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast12 Oct 2022 Nature
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  Burnout and breakdowns: how mid-career scientists can protect themselves

  Trying to achieve a perfect work–life balance is a misguided strategy at the mid-career stage, Julie Gould discovers.

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast5 Oct 2022 Nature
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  When life gets in the way of scientists’ mid-career plans

  Many scientists switch sectors mid-career and often face life-changing challenges at the same time. These include illness, divorce and caring responsibilities. How do they cope?

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast28 Sep 2022 Nature
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  Muddle of the middle: why mid-career scientists feel neglected

  How do you define ‘mid-career’ in academia? Funders, governing bodies and working scientists debate a vexed question.

  • Julie Gould

  Nature Careers Podcast21 Sep 2022 Nature