How Science Leaders Can Create a Supportive Culture Around Work-Life Balance

The lab lights are still on at 9 p.m. again. Someone’s running an overnight experiment, another is writing up results before a grant deadline, and someone else is fielding emails from three time zones away. So how can science leaders create a healthier work-life balance? If you work in marine science or any other research […]
The Postdoc Trap – What can you do if you’re in it?

Found yourself in the ‘Postdoc Trap’? In this blog, Martin Bloxham investigates this phenomenon – what it is and how to get out of it. I was 33, I’d completed my PhD and I was doing my second Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. And I felt trapped. I didn’t have a name for it then – I […]