Guest blogger Victoria Schulman explains the benefits of individual development plans for trainees’ lab and career development, read more to find out how they could help you.
Laura Wheeler from Digital Science tells more about Ada Lovelace Day and how Digital Science are inspiring those to share their role models in science, technology, engineering and maths.
As we come to the end of the first ever Peer Review Week, Celia highlights the resources we have put together to celebrate the week.
Not had a chance to read all our posts this month? Here’s a roundup of what you’ve missed…
At the beginning of a new chapter in your life, starting a PhD can be daunting. You’ve got your undergraduate degree, and maybe even a Masters, but how does this step up differ? Find out more and get some great advice from someone who’s been there.
Recent years have seen an increase in new publishing services and outlets, in response to huge growth in the volume of research output. At the same time we hear increasing stories of malpractice or deceptive publishing, but little in the way of guidance exists when it comes to choosing a journal to publish in. A new campaign hopes to provide such guidance…
As part of this week’s peer review celebrations, we asked Kathryn Maitland, Editorial Board Member for BMC Medicine, and Buzz Baum, Editorial Board Member for BMC Biology, for their take on peer review innovations and their preferred model of peer review.