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10 septembre 2018

AI brain drain as tech giants raid top universities

Britain faces an artificial intelligence ‘brain drain’ as Silicon Valley raids its top universities for talent, data compiled by The Telegraph shows. Around a third of leading machine learning and AI specialists who have left the United Kingdom’s top institutions are currently working at Silicon Valley tech firms, writes Hannah Boland for The Telegraph. More...
10 septembre 2018

Top agri-food universities collaborate to fight hunger

The top five agri-food universities in the world (A5), the University of California, Davis, Cornell University, China Agricultural University, the University of Sao Paulo and Wageningen University and Research, have agreed to collaborate as they look to fight global hunger together, writes Carl Collen for Fruit Net. More...
10 septembre 2018

Open-access plan could end journal subscriptions

Research funders from France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and eight other European nations have unveiled a radical open-access initiative that could change the face of science publishing in two years – and which has instantly provoked protest from publishers, writes Holly Else for Nature. More...
10 septembre 2018

President’s appointment must abide by constitution

The appointment of the president of the International Islamic University Malaysia must be recommended by the government in accordance with the university’s constitution, said its former president, Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim, reports Bernama. More...
10 septembre 2018

First woman rector at University of the Aegean

At an amphitheatre of the University of the Aegean, located in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Chrisi Vigilaki became the first woman to be accredited the highest official position in the Greek university; that of Prytanis (the equivalent of rector or chancellor), writes Nick Kampouris for the Greek Reporter. More...
10 septembre 2018

University probes alleged sexual misconduct by staff

University of Manitoba President David Barnard announced that a number of staff members are on leave due to allegations of sexual misconduct which are being investigated. The announcement came as Barnard stated a commitment to instituting mandatory training for all faculty and staff on sexual violence, consent and power relationships, writes Darren Bernhardt for CBC News. More...
10 septembre 2018

Work starts on US$81 million Al Ain university campus

Abu Dhabi University has laid the foundation stone for its new campus in Al Ain as construction starts on expanding and enhancing facilities. The new campus with an overall area of 45,000 square metres will cost AED300 million (US$81 million), writes Sam Bridge for Arabian Business. More...
10 septembre 2018

University teachers in black bands and badges protest

Faculty members of central universities wore black bands and badges on the Teachers’ Day last Wednesday in protest against the government not acceding to their various demands which included a long-pending demand to revert to the old pension scheme, writes Prakash Kumar for the Deccan Herald. More...
10 septembre 2018

Poignant empty chair tribute to imprisoned graduate

It’s more than two months since University of Aberdeen graduate Hanifi Baris was arrested and he is still languishing behind bars in a Turkish prison. But the academic, who completed a PhD dissertation last year before moving to Turkey to work as a lawyer, has not been forgotten by students at his alma mater, writes Kirsten Robertson for The Press and Journal. More...
10 septembre 2018

University criticised for pulling transgender study

Brown University has been criticised over its decision to remove news about a controversial study on transgender youth from its website. The paper by Assistant Professor Lisa Littman suggests that gender dysphoria, or a conflict between one's gender identity and sex assigned at birth, occurring around the time of puberty – as opposed to early childhood – could be due to peer pressure or online influences, writes Brooke Sopelaa for NBC News. More...
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