Six key findings about hiring in the sciences: Survey

A recent Nature article by Linda Nordling presents six key findings from a survey of over 1,100 laboratory leaders in academia and industry about their hiring practices. Industry hirers reported an improvement in applicant quality compared to previous years, while academic recruiters reported a decline. Survey respondents also shared the worst mistakes candidates make when […]

A recent study completed by the Institut de Québec suggests that the current employment situation may be shifting in favour of workers with higher levels of education. Between 2017 and 2023, there was sustained demand—and rising wages—for workers with lower levels of education, as Québec dealt with an acute labour shortage. However, since the end […]

Seerat Gill (University of Toronto), Elizabeth Buckner (U of T), and Glen A Jones (U of T) have published a report on the regulatory landscape of private career colleges (PCCs) through the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO). Given the role that PCCs have played in the international education landscape of Canada, the report […]

In an article for Nature, Richard Van Noorden and Miryam Naddaf highlight the projects led by Guillaume Cabanac (Université de Toulouse) and Nicholas DeVito (University of Oxford) to identify papers that are built on retracted research. Cabanac designed the Feet of Clay Detector tool, which he has used to flag over 1,700 papers that rely […]

A recent survey by Celiac Canada revealed that many of Canada’s postsecondary institutions are not providing adequate gluten-free accommodations. Through a survey of 200 students and parents, Celiac Canada found that 70% experienced difficulty accessing gluten-free food on campus and only 12% felt dining hall staff were knowledgeable about celiac disease. While Celiac Canada praised […]

A recent report from the ratings agency Moody’s indicates that affordable housing for graduate students is becoming both more important and difficult for universities to build. Ben Unglesbee of Higher Ed Dive reports that graduate students are constrained in their housing options due to their limited incomes and—compared to their undergraduate counterparts—higher existing student debt […]

A recent survey of 221 student success professionals in the United States explores the use of generative AI in the student success and services sector. The survey found high usage of generative AI among respondents, with 69% saying they had used the tools within the last year and 52% saying they use generative AI tools […]

In a recent report for Statistics Canada, Marc Frenette and Tomasz Handler examined the variety of occupations that were attained by 25-to-34-year-old cégep and college graduates. Drawing on 2021 Census data, Frenette and Handler assessed the five most prevalent jobs that graduates held for each six-digit Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code. They found that […]

A recent systematic review published in BMC Medical Education looks into a phenomenon known as second-victim experiences among healthcare students. It explains that when healthcare students are involved in or witness stressful clinical events during their practical training, this experience can result in an emotional disturbance known as a second-victim experience. The researchers reviewed 18 […]

Sharing a research paper on X/Twitter may increase engagement, but it does not increase citations, according to a recent study shared on Nature. Over the course of ten months, researchers shared randomly selected primary research articles and reviews on their personal accounts. Three years later, they compared the statistics of each shared article with other […]