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Employment rates for PhD holders reach record low in South Korea, with younger researchers most affected

ߣߣÊÓƵn department ¡®not aware¡¯ of computer ¡®bug¡¯ that applicants blame for torpedoing their PhD dreams

Regular breaks, mock vivas and introducing an online option among other recommendations made by review that aims to combat ¡®gladiatorial approach¡¯

Domestic postgraduate provision looms as an alternative to out-of-favour international education, but it¡¯s a tough market with questionable returns

¡®Endless stress¡¯ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee

Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director

Unprecedented hike in UK Research and Innovation minimum PhD stipend will seek to place it in line with national living wage

While majority do see themselves as staff, discipline and stage of PhD likely to influence how candidates perceive their role, researchers say

Academic hiring focused on star doctoral graduates should instead focus on what comes afterwards, advises longitudinal study

Provocative paper claims boycott of feminist title left early career scholars high and dry while others profited from ¡®moral entrepreneurship¡¯

Domestic doctoral enrolments have shrunk by 8 per cent over the last half-decade, says report

Mar¨ªa Zambrano programme was designed to attract international talent ¨C but many recipients say no effort has been made to retain them

Support for 150 ¡®venture science doctorates¡¯ by 2029 aims to increase number of spin-outs developed by early career researchers in Germany

Oxford student union president Addi Haran Diman is highlighting the difficulties faced by postgraduate researchers after completing a DPhil at 22

Technology can offer a very useful helping hand, but there are an array of pitfalls that need careful handling, says John Miles

Employers¡¯ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments

Government proposals would see 30 per cent of taught postgraduate programmes shortened or reconfigured

Oxbridge and STEM doctoral graduates are more likely to benefit from ¡®mover¡¯s advantage¡¯, says Higher Education paper on international mobility

Nigerian doctoral student Sue Agazie will receive compensation after Newcastle University admitted failings in supervision

Cambridge PhD graduate Ally Louks reflects on ¡®baseless¡¯ and ¡®outlandish¡¯ hate comments she has received after her selfie went viral

Barely one in three postgraduate researchers now have opportunity to teach, finds Advance HE survey, with financial pressure on institutions likely to blame

Offering independent adjudication of complaints against PhD supervisors may offer timely assistance to at-risk students, says India¡¯s suicide prevention tsar

Loan scheme pioneer highlights moral hazard of ߣߣÊÓƵ¡¯s ¡®Byzantine¡¯ way of bankrolling master¡¯s places

Happy overseas students push satisfaction with master¡¯s courses to record high, but domestic counterparts are not so bowled over

Diversity initiatives at the university ¡®not working¡¯, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline

Lack of expertise may make it impossible for universities to meet minimum standards set by research funders

Misappropriation of junior colleagues¡¯ ideas is a betrayal. Requiring them to wait years for redress adds insult to injury, says Wyn Evans

New doctoral training schemes will simplify and harmonise the support offered to funded PhD students, says UK Research and Innovation

Investments from Trinity College Cambridge and university will support about 300 PhDs over a decade

A new book, The Black PhD Experience, explores the journeys of black doctoral students in UK universities

Beijing announces plans to expand doctoral programmes in key disciplines and offers more financial aid

Personal touch the magic ingredient in a programme credited with keeping research hotshots on home base

Rapid expansion of master¡¯s and PhD courses sparks concern over course quality for some

But increases to PhD stipends are ¡®too little, too late¡¯, postgraduate union says

International postgraduate research students should be allowed to work longer than 20 hours in university settings, says UUKi-commissioned report

Lack of funding hampering efforts to develop research workforce, study says

September and January deadlines disadvantage some and consume time off, academics say

Leading Finnish university will require fewer publications for article-based doctorates, as well as fewer course credits

Wealthiest halls able to offer allowances worth more than twice as much as those at less moneyed outposts

More than half of those achieving postgraduate taught degrees registered overseas, delayed Hesa figures show

New partnership with local universities gives ¡®priority¡¯ pathway to Indonesian campus, plus PhD training for lecturers

After waiting years for their visas, ߣߣÊÓƵ-bound PhD candidates find that their university places have evaporated

While value of government-backed loan has increased by 21 per cent since 2017-18, average fees have soared by 43 per cent

Success of those mentored by highly regarded scholars suggests ¡®chaperone effect¡¯ is increasingly important, finds study

Worries about future job prospects and being identified as a troublemaker stopping academics getting support, says report author

While some believe Chinese universities are getting better at dealing with cases of sexual harassment, recent incident suggests students may have to turn to social media to be taken seriously

Head of UK¡¯s biggest PhD school says promoting impact in doctoral studies would make students more employable and research more visible

Postgraduate researchers with non-visible disabilties often struggle to access proper employee-type support, says University and College Union report

Department for Education figures also show that UK course with highest average salary after five years pays seven times more than the course with the lowest

Ever-expanding numbers of doctoral students may suit universities, but one¡¯s twenties should be a time for broad learning and professional development, not for burying oneself in detailed research, says Lincoln Allison

Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities

UCU says it has secured an average 15 per cent wage increase for supervisors at Cambridge, and pay raise of 14 per cent for some doctoral tutors at Sussex

Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors¡¯ whims, leaving some feeling exploited

Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report

Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say

Home Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ¡®weaponisation of immigration status¡¯ by universities when students complain, say critics

Top US funding agency manages record increase in key programme for younger scientists, and sees gains in overall equity, while absorbing net cut in its annual budget

Boosting your publication metrics need not come at the expense of your integrity if you bear in mind these 10 tips, says Adrian Furnham

David Mba creates fully funded PhD studentships after taking reins at Birmingham City University

What other industry would deem those with so much prior training to still be mere trainees? Let¡¯s call them what they are ¨C researchers, says Michele Nardin