Career Feature, Career Column, Career News and Career Brief in 2011

UK animal-health institute plans expansion and recruitment.

Visitors to the US are more productive than native students.

European funding blueprint includes funds for young researchers.

Number of US doctorates awarded falls for first time in eight years.

Website lets scientists build funding and public support.

University establishes science posts despite austerity measures.

Mentoring service seeks more recruits.

US institutions dominate top academic ranks, but China is rising fast.

Change in PhD student status would draw more researchers to Europe, says Eurodoc.

UK leads the world in articles produced per unit of research spending.

Reciprocal initiative will ease mobility between Europe and China for researchers.

Graduates lured to non-science careers by pay and flexibility.

Low pay, low grant success and job insecurity add to researchers’ miseries in Australia.

UK business funds needed to spur innovation.

Agreement between Europe and Singapore will aid training and collaborations.

Programme offers close-up view of industry opportunities.

Survey uncovers frustrations with career uncertainties in the United Kingdom.

Pay falls short of expenses for some European PhD candidates.

Governments strive to maintain research funding.

Movie depicting PhD plight draws global attention.