Prospects in 2005

Ways to help justify conference travel.

Max Planck students try collective bargaining.

Career panel points to off-the-bench skills.

The falling number of physicists in England and Wales needs to be addressed.

It's time to make sure foreign students feel welcome.

The East is offering ways to unseat Western dominance in graduate enrolment and employment.

Good mentors deserve wider recognition.

European recruitment would benefit from greater transparency.

Swedish universities open offices to exchange science with China

EMBO award winner points to good working environment as secret to his success.

Just how level should the playing field be for postdoc pay scales?

Despite some programmes, minorities in US science remain under-represented

Stem-cell policies could dictate job flow.

More scientists seek formal training beyond the PhD — for both on- and off-the bench skills.

Medical training could use a break with tradition.

Regional programme offers biotech training to life-science graduates

Investment in New York biotech infrastructure and basic research could draw more entrepreneurs to the area

Pay for academic life scientists is disproportionately low compared with other non-scientific professions with similar levels of education and training

More geophysicist PhDs are becoming postdocs

Search-engine companies raise the IT recruitment ante