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As many of you will already know Professor Chris Abell passed away on Monday night.Chris Abell was the very first Director of Postdoctoral Affairs for this University and I had the great pleasure of working alongside him for many years.Chris was a kind and compassionate man who went out of his way to enable changes to help this community, something…

Between Monday 21st and Friday 25th September, we celebrated Postdoc Appreciation Week at Cambridge.A fantastic array of events and activities highlighted the diverse postdoc community at Cambridge, showcased the fantastic research that you work on, and recognised the huge contributions that you make to the life and culture of our university.Here a…

What is research culture? Why is there a problem with it at Cambridge and across academia? What we can all do to improve it?We discussed these questions and more with some special guests for a Postdoc Appreciation Week podcast!Your host Jenny Hayward from the Postdoc Academy is joined by Liz Simmonds, Chair of the University of Cambridge Working Gr…

One way or another, 2020 hasn't been the best year for most people. So here at the Postdoc Academy, we want to make sure that we show our postdocs a little extra love during Postdoc Appreciation Week 2020.Between Monday 21st and Friday 25th September, we'll be putting on a wide range of virtual activities that celebrate the diverse postdoc communit…