By John Elmes. Campuses are one of the ‘strongest bits of the innovation system’ and will be crucial to its ‘rebuild’, conference hears. More...
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Universities need to be ‘ambitious’ to fix the UK’s innovation system
Universities are failing to prepare students for the social economy
By David Reed. Institutions are not developing the key skills employers look for, says David Reed. More...
The decline in biomedical postdocs – good decisions or bad conditions?
By David Kent. An article came out earlier this month in the FASEB Journal (published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) that contained a somewhat shocking set of data: it turns out that the number of scientists undertaking postdoctoral research in life sciences is declining. More...
Teaching shouldn’t be a ‘problem’ for universities
By Melonie Fullick. A few of weeks ago, an article about Canadian universities’ hiring of teaching-intensive faculty positions was published by the Globe and Mail. The article by Simona Chiose focused on universities’ use of these positions as a means of handling the ever-expanding amount of teaching that needs to be done, without increasing the number of regular tenure-stream faculty hires. More...
57 ways to screw up in grad school
By Ashleigh Vanhouten. A discussion with the authors of a cheeky new guide for graduate students. More...
Universities step up to aid Syrian refugees
By Rosanna Tamburri. Institutions are working to privately sponsor refugee families and to help bring student refugees here to study. More...
The end of PowerPoint?
By David Smith. Affordable high-quality animations may mark the death of stodgy PowerPoint presentations. More...
Le nombre de stagiaires en entreprise plafonné à 15 %
Par Orientations. Les entreprises ne pourront plus avoir que 15 % de stagiaires au sein de leurs effectifs. C'est ce que prévoit le décret paru au Journal officiel mercredi 28 octobre. Suite...
Manuel Valls veut renforcer le sport à l'université
Par Orientations. Au lycée, le sport est une étape presque obligatoire. A l'université, cela devient une option facultative. Le nombre d'étudiants faisant la démarche de s'inscrire pour pratiquer un sport est donc bas. C'est contre ce phénomène qu'entend lutter Manuel Valls, Premier ministre. Suite...
