Career Magazine

"I had to go through some hard experiences caused by the conservative structures of the teacher-education system in Bavaria."

Universities will argue that as employers they must have the ability to adapt rapidly ... contracted staff would meet this need, but I do not think it would be beneficial to the university to have a huge turnover in staff. Any expertise gained by academics would be rapidly lost due to the continuous turnover of staff.

"We need to do a better job teaching math and science to our children"

"Up until the time I became a parent, I hadn’t thought much about gender issues or the institutional obstacles that women face when combining a career and family life."

"Many of my former teachers told me that you really learn how to teach on the job, and this was certainly true for me."

"Although my background is in genetics and DNA analysis, I had previously concentrated on humans rather than wildlife."

"Either a mechanism to coordinate local surveys must be established, or stakeholders should get behind an effort to promote a national survey."

Despite the low level of state support, Ph.D. study is extremely popular in Slovakia.