Steps to Help Turkey Build a Future on Research
The Turkish government must stop university dismissals and commit itself to creating a welcoming research environment if its grand plans for science are to succeed.
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A Global Alliance Is Investing $500 Million to Stop Deadly Outbreaks We Are Utterly Unprepared For
A Global Alliance Is Investing $500 Million to Stop Deadly Outbreaks We Are Utterly Unprepared For
Global partnership launched in Davos to prevent epidemics with new vaccines.
Rapid Expansion of Defence Research Divides Academics
Academics in Japan are bitterly divided over defence ministry grants to universities for defence-related research.
China Opens Unique Free Electron Laser Facility
New device will probe smog and other chemical reactions in gases.
Argentina's Researchers Occupy Science Ministry
Young scientists angry at budget cuts say they have been denied permanent jobs.
Researchers Baffled by Nationalist Surge
Economic woes wrought by globalization are only part of the cause.
Brazil’s Scientists Battle to Escape 20-Year Funding Freeze
Cap at current spending levels could spell 'end of science in Brazil', researchers say.
Does English Have to Be the Dominant Language of Science?
There are big advantages to having scientists communicate in a common tongue, but there are drawbacks as well
Turkish Government Tightens Grip on Universities
More than 1000 academics fired.
Decrees Threaten Turkish Universities' Autonomy
Erdogan, has taken direct control of the appointment of university rectors and a further 1,267 academics have been dismissed.
Anti-globalization Rhetoric Threatens Scientific and Technological Progress
Anti-globalization Rhetoric Threatens Scientific and Technological Progress
The U.S. depends on international collaborations and immigrants to solve domestic and global problems.
Russian Science at the Crossroads
Upheaval in the former superpower is bad for research and the wider world.
Budget Cap Would Stifle Brazilian Science
Constitutional amendment would freeze public spending at current levels for 2 decades.
Free to Collaborate with Cuban Biomedical Researchers
New rules also loosen restrictions on Cuban-made pharmaceuticals.
Danish universities face more cuts and more political control
The Lars Løkke Rasmussen government is moving to cut funding for universities and the student financing system and increase political control over higher education institutions.
Turkey’s purge of academia leads to record asylum requests
Post-coup crackdown has led to a huge number of requests for help, say charities for at-risk scholars.
A shady market in scientific papers mars Iran’s rise in science
Proposed law would ban the practice
Ministry purge may be a lifeline for embattled Russian Academy of Sciences
Ministry purge may be a lifeline for embattled Russian Academy of Sciences
New science minister promises to review controversial reforms
Science under siege: how Venezuela’s economic crisis is affecting researchers
Chemist Claudio Bifano tells Nature about daily life in a country gripped by hunger, scarcity and violence.
Turkey purges universities after failed coup
Political turmoil spreads to education sector.
The impact of global HE trends on Latin America
The paper, ‘Global trends and their impact on Latin America: the role of the state and the private sector in the provision of higher education’, traces the impact of global trends in higher education on the region.
Swiss scientists share Brexit concerns
What could a Brexit mean for the United Kingdom’s higher education, research and student mobility? Switzerland offers some clues. ...
Turkish scholar who eluded arrest describes 'witch hunt'
Three of Meral Camcı’s fellow academics are imprisoned for criticizing the government; more arrests may follow.
Benefits and Implications of EU and Global Collaboration by UK Universities - Digital Science
Benefits and Implications of EU and Global Collaboration by UK Universities - Digital Science
A report on international academic collaboration across the UK research base and on the implications of EU and global collaboration for universities, research assessment and the economy.
A scientific ethical divide between China and West
China is spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually in an effort to become a leader in biomedical research. But some experts worry that medical researchers in China are stepping over ethical boundaries long accepted in the West.
Offers of admissions to prospective international graduate students in the US
Offers of admissions to prospective international graduate students in the US
Annual figures: offers of admission from U.S. graduate schools to prospective international students.
Innovation Union Scoreboard 2014
EU more innovative but the differences between Member States are still high and diminish only slowly. The EU has closed half of the innovation gap towards the US.
NSF sicence & engineering indicators 2014
A biennial volume providing a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.
Eurosceptics could damage British science and innovation
The EU's academic output is 20% higher than the US. This shouldn't really be a surprise given the EU's combined population of over 500m versus America's 300m. In fact, Europe produces a third of the world's research outputs and, like China, investment is being ramped up while UK and US investments are treading water.
Comparative performance of the UK research base 2013
A report prepared by Elsevier for the UK's department of business, innovation and skills (BIS).
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