All Academia articles – Page 70
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Funding worries in UK higher education
Think tank calculates that UK tuition fees reform might not save any money at all
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NewsEPSRC grant success rates rise
Approval rates rise to their highest level in a decade but hide a worrying fall in the number of applications
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Attempts to reform Croatian science stall
Controversy over changes to promotions and retirement age send the reforms back to the drawing board
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Health check finds Canadian science doing well
Independent report says country’s research base is healthy, despite growing friction between scientists and government
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US chemical society loses legal battle
Ohio Supreme Court rules that the American Chemical Society owes software firm Leadscope millions for suing with malicious intent
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£10 million open access boost
UK funding council’s stance on open access to be supported with an extra £10 million investment from government
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NewsRebuilding public trust in Japanese science
Public faith in the role of science-based decision-making faltered after the tsunami and Fukushima and won’t be easy recover
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NewsScientists: workaholics but happy
A study of the patterns of journal paper downloads shows scientists work through the night and at weekends
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NewsNew law to increase autonomy of Ukrainian universities
Students protest draft legislation that they say will allow the commercialization of higher education in the country
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NewsBleak outlook for Greek chemistry
Greece’s financial troubles have already caused severe damage to academia and the chemical sciences
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CareersFuelling the chemistry revival
Alan Darragh left industry behind to inspire others to study science, and now he’s helping to restart a long-lost chemistry department he tells Emma Davies
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NewsCalls to match skills to industry
Universities are not producing enough science graduates with the skills needed by UK industry, Lord’s report claims
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Opinion
Nullius in verba
Philip Ball asks how much of the published literature you should believe. Not much, by some accounts
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Research integrity may be linked to UK grants
Universities UK concordat on good research conduct suggests that signatories could make commitments part of grant conditions
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NewsWellcome Trust to enforce open access rules
UK charitable foundation will cut the grants of scientists who do not make their research freely available
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NewsShake-up for Russian universities and research
The new education minister is set to bring about big changes in the country’s higher education and research establishment
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US urged to invest in its research universities
America’s scientific advisers conclude that the nation’s well-being depends on greater funding for its research universities, but not everyone agrees
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Finch report backs open access for UK
Country should embrace open access but there are warnings that universities could spend as much as £60 million extra a year on author fees
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OpinionThe knowledge economy
Simon Coles proposes an alternative approach to sharing scientific information. For what it’s worth…