Students who completed internships as part of their university degree are better at making career decisions and are more satisfied with their career choices, research from the UK and Australia shows. It also seems that the longer the internship, the more employable the students feel they are. As part of the research, 136 business students […]
Dream of working at the UN one day? There are some strategies you can employ to maximise your chances. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Gareth Evans, Australian National University Gareth Evans is chancellor of the Australian National University. He was a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments, and from 1988-96 he was Australia’s foreign minister. […]
Just before I finished high school, my local general practitioner suggested I consider medicine. But the thought of blood made me feel squeamish, so I went to university to do maths and physics, and to try the new field of computer science. Needing a fourth subject, I opted for biology so that my friend who […]
NASA is currently poring over more than 6,000 applications for the next intake in its astronaut program – from which nine to 15 candidates will be successful. And while the Space Shuttle program is a thing of the past, the agency is still training astronauts for a range of future missions. The Conversation spoke with […]
One of the most enjoyable aspects of my job is the talks that I am asked to give to graduating university classes and at awards ceremonies. Below is a talk in which I ask the question whether a science career is worth it. The transcript is provided below the video. Thank you for inviting me […]