Early career research

The benefits of networking for academics and how to do it well, both in person and online, explained by Eleanor Hennige

Academic writing is transforming – into comics, podcasts, installations – but that doesn’t mean bog-standard peer-reviewed papers are less key to institutional status or individual promotion, writes Pat Thomson

Özge Özden lays out the pros and cons you need to consider when choosing a PhD supervisor, as well as five key qualities to look out for

What key information to include on your academic CV and how to present it, alongside some common mistakes to avoid, by Eleanor Hennige

Five tips to help academics balance their teaching and research duties without compromising the quality of one or the other, by Abdullah Khadim

Do you find yourself thinking ‘everyone knows more than I do’ or ‘I shouldn’t have got this promotion’? If so, Jo Clift has tips for challenging your impostor syndrome

It might just be possible to achieve a good work-life balance in academia, but it requires focusing on certain areas of your life and career at certain times, says Lucas Lixinski

By reinforcing the myth of meritocracy, we perpetuate a system grounded in cruelty and false promises. It needs to stop, says David Webster

Success in academia requires much more than topical expertise. Jackie Carter shares three vital areas of focus for building a research career

Engineering biologist Maggie Hicks shares what she has learned on her journey towards commercialising her PhD, with business partner and fellow PhD student Florentina Winkelmann