All Academia articles – Page 65
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Employment situation worsens for US chemistry graduates
American Chemical Society survey shows a rise in unemployment and no change in starting salaries
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Taking responsibility
Sara Cooper talks about safety in the lab and how it’s up to everyone to create a safe environment
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China plans ‘green’ open access future
Major Chinese science funders want research they pay for publicly available within a year
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Australian science base eroded by budget cuts
Claims that cuts are politically motivated and short sighted as climate and environment programmes slashed
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To lecture or not to lecture?
Active learning could substantially cut university students failing science with some claiming continuing lectures is ‘unethical’
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UK researchers pledge transparency in animal research
Seventy-two organisations sign Concordat on Openness in Animal Research
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Russia pays high scientific price over Ukraine
US bans Russian scientists visiting energy labs and Nasa with Russia threatening tit-for-tat response
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MIT makes mega-investment in new nano lab
Multidisciplinary approach of $350 million MIT.nano will foster innovation and support investment in ‘state-of-the-art’ tools
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EPSRC announces £83.5m boost for PhD training
Funds will be split between 38 UK universities depending on research grant income
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Metrics' role in assessing research reviewed
UK higher education body launches investigation into the pros and cons of metrics in managing research
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Careers
Should I stay or should I go?
Relocating a research group can be a stressful experience. Nina Notman asks academics how they coped with making the move
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Spain’s research council plans austere future
Country’s largest research institution maps out cuts to scientist and a freeze on new PhDs or postdocs until 2017
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Europe suspends Swiss research status in immigration row
Loss of full research partnership standing will put Switzerland at a disadvantage in securing European funding
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Immigration battle set to freeze Swiss out of European research
Restrictions on freedom of movement of EU citizens may result in Switzerland losing out on science funding
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Feature
Chemistry redux
At least six UK universities have recently opened a chemistry department. Kathryn Roberts reports
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Chemists call for conference boycott over all men shortlist
Petition protests gender discrimination at major theoretical chemistry congress
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Science cash preserved by UK government
The higher education sector faces cuts but science and research is to be spared
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Commons’ report echoes past messages on women in science
Problems identified long ago still dog UK efforts to increase women’s participation in research