Career Feature, Career Column, Career News and Career Brief in 2014

US institutions face belt-tightening for next 12–18 months, predicts report.

Female scientists benefit from friendships in and outside workplace.

International students pour into US graduate schools, but enrolments from China decline.

Wellcome Trust announces a 'rebalancing' of its grant programmes.

The number of US postdoc offices has ballooned, but their budgets are tiny

A gown that shows more cleavage than credentials gains critics.

The US National Science Foundation aims to improve PhD education with input from an online portal.

Report confirms broad gender pay disparity in United States.

Foundation provides a roadmap back to the bench.

Institutions globally aim to support interdisciplinarity.

Europe's universities are adopting tenure to draw recruits.

US research and development still suffering from budget battles.

Degree-level education is rare in many nations, says report.

Virtual network matches mentors with students worldwide.

Growth in charitable giving to US higher education falls.

Falsehoods on CVs can jeopardize a job offer.

US association argues for graduate assistants' right to unionize.

US contract research organizations are multiplying to meet drug-makers' outsourcing needs.

Study to probe matching US graduate programmes with employers' needs.

Negative outlook for US universities could pinch borrowing and hiring.