News & Views Index |
ERA 2010 National Report Published. 31/01/11
So far what has elicited the public comment is how Australian universities' research ranks in comparison to world standard -- compared with say the top half of the OECD nations? Well there's always SJTU. [More]
The Impossible Dream? 28/01/11
Aim to inject just over 700 competent STEM teachers into the system per annum? [More]
The Chief Scientist Discusses Questions Regarding the Current Floods and Australia’s Climate. 28/01/11
Are these floods unusual or rare? Is this flooding due to climate change induced by long-term global warming? [More]
Cambridge Considering Modifying One-on-One Tutorials. 26/01/11
A savings of £600,000 per year if tutorials were extended to two students simultaneously is suggested. [More]
Understanding Science for Anyone Who Wants To. 24/01/11
Understanding Science, for those who are prepared to investigate it, will be found to be an invaluable resource. [More]
What Effect on Universities : a true unleashing of market forces? 24/01/11 [More]
British Labour MP: Universities Are Punching Below Their Weight. 21/01/11
Mr Sheerman vented his annoyance with the tertiary sector's supine response to the draconian funding cuts being imposed by Britain's coalition government. [More]
Physics Today Invited to Interview Australia's Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. 20/01/11
Physics Today has published five of the list of questions submitted by its editor in chief to Senator Carr and the answers provided. [More]
A Strong Comment from University College London. 19/01/11
[T]he situation [English universities find themselves in] is one of chronic political mismanagement, with mixed messages, uncertainty and confusion adding to anxiety over budget cuts and tuition fee rises. [More]
Might Extensive CO2 Sequestration Trigger Temblors? 19/01/11
If sequestration does become a major part of the effort to reduce greenhouse gases, a public education campaign will be needed. [More]
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth Speaks to the AEU. 18/01/11
The subject of funding came up some dozen times, whether it indicated much more than a federal government committed to drip feeding -- you be the judge. [More]
Martin Rees Joins Silent Protest at Cambridge. 18/01/11
There is a concern that there is no money under the new system especially for humanities. [More]
The Aging of Australian Academics. 17/01/11
When one takes into account the lag period between undertaking meaningful remedial action and obtaining competent replacement academics, the nation is looking toward an impending disaster. [More]
Science Education and the US Community (2-year) College. 14/01/11
Should there be a growing Role for Science Education in Community Colleges? [More]
Has Global Warming Exacerbated the Queensland Floods? 13/01/11
Just what data can be brought to bear to support the belief. [More]
Beware the Obsession to Acquire Resources in Order to Achieve Lofty Goals, if Only We Could Remember Them. 12/01/11 [More]
Webcast of the January 7, 2011 Meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. 11/01/11
The contribution by the new director of NSF is of particular relevance. [More]
University of California President's Open Letter to California. 11/01/11
California must take up the question of whether it wishes to turn back from the wisdom and foresight of the earliest Californians. [More]
Where Do All the Indian Engineering Graduates Go? 08/01/11
The new director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Subra Suresh suggests a partial explanation. [More]
Is There an Alternative Way to Bring Scientists Together for Peer Reviews. 07/01/11
William Sims Bainbridge suggests try Second Life and NSF gives it a trial run. [More]
PCAST Update -- First Meeting for 2011. 07/01/11
The first meeting of the US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology at the beginning of the second decade of this millennium is scheduled for January 7, 2011. [More]
The AAAS Review of Science Books and Films. 06/01/11
In an online-only format, SB&F offers thousands of book, DVD, website, and software package reviews. [More]
A View of the Threat to British Universities has Bearing on Australia's Academe. 05/01/11
In HEFCE’s texts, words like “quality” and “excellence” have become increasingly empty. [More]
Outgoing Chairman of US House of Reps Committee on Science and Technology Has Some Sage Observations. 04/01/11
Research leads to innovation; innovation leads to jobs; jobs leads to more taxes, which then pay for more research. [More]
Experts Should Avoid Pressures to Oversimplify Their Advice. 03/01/11
"[S]et out a measured array of contrasting specialist views, explaining underlying reasons for different interpretations of the evidence." [More]
For the First N&V of the Millennium's Second Decade Spare a Thought for the Weak Photon. 02/01/11
Below the extreme blue end of the visible spectrum there is no photoemission. [More]