All articles by Emma Pewsey
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Careers
Long hours are a short-term solution for skills shortages
Instead, we need to invest in making careers more attractive
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Careers
Slow progress reforming academia creates its own generation gap
Requirements from funders and hiring committees have a cultural influence
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Careers
Losing a job can make you question who you are
Our identity becomes tightly linked with our work
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Careers
Seven musicians who you might not know are chemists
From experimenting in the lab to experimenting with sound
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Careers
When should you declare your feelings for a colleague?
The importance of keeping HR informed about workplace romances
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Careers
Helping others is hard to incentivise, but an important part of work
Voluntary assistance is the most valuable kind
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Careers
Results of the RSC’s 2023 Pay and Reward survey
Financial and mental wellbeing are linked as many chemists feel the effects of the cost-of-living crisis
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Careers
Mandatory events aren’t relaxing
Giving employees options for how to de-stress is better for preventing burnout
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Opinion
Wunmi Sadik: ‘I still see myself as the young girl explaining chemistry to my mother’
The interdisciplinary innovator on moving beyond silos and communicating the real-world impact of chemistry
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Careers
When will funders take action on PhD and postdoc conditions?
Campaigns in the UK, Ireland and Canada await announcements
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Careers
A more reasonable view of workplace adjustments
Normalising giving people what they need to do their jobs well
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Careers
Academics around the world protest fee hikes and budget cuts
Financial difficulties affect researchers at all career stages