All Academia articles – Page 67
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FeatureConduct and misconduct
After high profile hoaxes, the scientific community is looking to ensure that researchers maintain high standards of research integrity. Bea Perks reports
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NewsPoll finds majority of scientists engaging with public
AAAS members taking to social media and blogs to help inform science and technology discourse
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US National Academies to revisit scientific misconduct
New report will move beyond old definitions and promote better working practices
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US funder mulls new emeritus award
NIH considers creating a transition award for senior investigators to help sustain the US scientific workforce
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - February 2015
Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast
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Higher education funding boost confirmed for England
Universities will receive an additional £1 billion in the forthcoming financial year
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Probe into price fixing at Russian universities
Fees have soared by more than 25% this year at some universities
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CareersA new ERA for European science?
The European Research Area has made scientists more mobile, but the picture isn’t entirely rosy, finds Andy Extance
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Open access journal to pay peer reviewers
A portion of the article processing charge will be put aside to create a fund to reward referees
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NewsPost publication peer review comes of age
Websites like PubPeer are letting scientists have frank conversations about research but have led to accusations of bullying and personal attacks
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Government rejects home secretary’s student visa proposal
International students will not have to return home straight after graduating
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NewsEPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers
UK physical sciences chief Philip Nelson talks exclusively to Chemistry World about his plans, doctoral training and discontent in the community
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New research productivity metric unveiled
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center team proposes a new bibliometric method to gauge research output of academics
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Home secretary’s student visa plan draws ire of science community
Foreign students would be expelled from UK as soon as they complete their degrees
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OpinionA bad business
Targets and assessments can boost productivity at universities – but only if they do not stifle creativity and alienate the academic workforce, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionReflections on the REF
Richard Catlow and Graham Hutchings evaluate the state of chemistry research and find it enjoying rude health
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NewsCan research quality be predicted by metrics?
Prognostications unveiled for how UK universities will fare in latest assessment exercise
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Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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NewsCash for science in autumn statement given cautious welcome
UK chancellor plans to create a ‘nothern powerhouse’ for research while the community awaits further details