All Academia articles – Page 75
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NewsHead of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested
Felix Shamkhalov is charged with money laundering and issuing false dissertations. Thousands of Russian academic degrees may need to be revised
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Opinion
Safeguarding science against falsehood demands debate
Mathias Brust makes a plea for more debate in the scientific literature
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NewsESRF upgrade gears up for industry
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, has outlined the improvements that would make it the most powerful instrument of its kind in the world
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NewsGerman research minister’s doctoral thesis revoked in plagiarism row
University of Dusseldorf concludes that Annette Schavan copied large portions of her doctoral dissertation
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FeatureMeasuring up
In 2013, the Research Excellence Framework replaces the Research Assessment Exercise in rating every chemistry department in the UK. Leila Sattary weighs up the evidence
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NewsDuplicate grants could be costing US science agencies millions
Analysis claims that since 1985 major science agencies may have spent $5.1 billion on research that had already received funding
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Citation cartel uncovered in Bosnian journals
Study claims some scientists are behaving unethically to inflate impact factors and boost their careers
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NewsFunding council backs doctoral training centres with £350m
Money will fund new centres and some existing ones, while others may slowly fade away
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OpinionToo many scientists?
The proliferation of PhDs is unsustainable and damaging, says Paula Stephan.
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NewsPost-publication peer review blog launches
Chemists hope forum will be a place where published synthetic methods are scrutinised and lab checks are crowdsourced
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FeatureLife at the top
Does an academic chemistry career help or hinder when you move up the ladder? Nina Notman gives us an insight into the role of university leaders
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NewsShine on you crazy Diamond
The Diamond Light Source based at Harwell, UK, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and five years of operation
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New European universities ranking initiative
U-Multirank is intended to be more fair by taking into account a greater number of performance factors
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Top academics targeted in scheme to boost poorer European regions
The European commission’s pilot will provide funding of up to €2.4 million per post to attract the best researchers
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FeatureBuilding better chemistry
Do lab buildings affect the work of the scientists inside them? James Mitchell Crow surveys some grand designs
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Home office to help student job seekers
Foreign PhD students will get a 12 month grace period to find a job after end of course
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RSC to launch new Chemical Database Service
Society says that the main databases will be accessible in January after protracted negotiations on the future of the service
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RSC acquires rights to Merck Index
The society plans to expand the online presence of ‘chemistry’s constant companion’
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US urged to rethink chemistry graduate education
American Chemical Society report highlights systemic problems like a possible glut of chemistry PhDs and a need to bolster academic lab safety