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Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations
I would go a step further and argue that universities should nit be treated like businesses at all
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03109-7
Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations
Many UK universities are in a financial crisis. But the government is leaving them to flounder, treating higher education as a private-sector industry and research as a public investment.www.nature.com
Stop what you’re doing and start the electric #zine maker. https://alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zine-maker
Seriously. This designs our guide for the infrastructure walk during the upcoming annual conference of the CRC Virtual Lifeworlds. https://www.virtuelle-lebenswelten.de/
#sts #academicchatter https://alienmelon.itch.io/electric-zine-maker
Electric Zine Maker (a work in progress, be gentle, hug it often) by alienmelon
The Electric Zine Maker (⚡️📝✂️) is a printshop and art tool for making zines.itch.io
"We fly lots, and we say that we shouldn't,” says Jonas De Vos, a transport geographer at University College London (UCL) and the first author of the latest study. “We are hypocrites.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02965-7
The standard wisdom is that academic careers, especially early, are harmed when academics don't jet around the world for in-person meetings. This article suggests that the importance of this travel is overstated, while the carbon cost is clear.
#ClimateChange #AirTravel #AcademicChatter
Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on
A survey at one of the biggest UK research universities finds that staff often end up flying to meetings despite a preference to avoid air travel.Soliman, Alix
Have you ever thought about questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia?
The Retraction Watch team have highlighted this new paper in PLoSOne that has a systematic analysis. The authors identify 25 QRPs and then survey a lot of academics.
The results are interesting, widespread use of QRPs, sort of a grey area of acedemic behaviour, with some explanatory factors.
I'm bookmarking this for future use.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304342
#academia #academicchatter #research #researchethics #academicpublishing
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? Cross-national evidence for widespread involvement but not systematic use of questionable research practices across all fields of research
Questionable research practices (QRP) are believed to be widespread, but empirical assessments are generally restricted to a few types of practices.journals.plos.org
I've been enjoying Mastadon but have missed the academic side of things--I used to find so many resources for students and faculty on Twitter. I realized that I need to start doing them myself and maybe we'll build a community. So, here I go:
New book for grad students found on JSTOR: Grad School Life: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Coursework and Research, Kory-Westlund, Columbia University Press, https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/stable/10.7312/kory20784
The NIH panel on postdocs proposes to shorten the eligibility period for K99 to 3 years down from 5 years.
I understand their motivation is reducing the training period for successful faculty, but I think an unintended consequence is it is going to reduce scientific innovation. If you have to show you are on a successful trajectory that early, people are going to choose safe projects.
https://acd.od.nih.gov/documents/presentations/12152023_Postdoc_Working_Group_Report.pdf
I often get invited to speak at bizarre meetings that are not in my field of expertise. I have often wondered what these meetings must be like, or if they really exist.
What is it like to attend a predatory conference?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02358-w
What is it like to attend a predatory conference?
Nature sent a reporter to find out as part of an investigation into dud events.Ro, Christine
Why Scientific Fraud Is Suddenly Everywhere
"We’re so fixated on metrics because they determine funding for a university based on where it is in the rankings. So it comes from there and then it filters down. "
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-scientific-fraud-is-suddenly-everywhere.html
‘We need to slow down scientific publishing’
'We focus on metrics to evaluate a scientist’s career: how many articles they have published, how many times they were cited, what was the impact factor of all these articles. '
#publishing #science #stem #academicchatter
Elisabeth Bik, expert in scientific integrity: ‘We need to slow down scientific publishing’
The Dutch microbiologist has been voluntarily searching for duplicate, erroneous or retouched academic images for more than 10 years and warning universities and scientific journals about itBeatriz Olaizola (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
My department at ESU is hiring a tenure-track assistant/associate professor in animal physiology to start Fall 2024 - please share! Review begins 1/31/2024. https://esu.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?c=esu&id=7088
#ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs #AcademicChatter #AssistantProfessor
@jobsecoevo
📢 The University of Virginia is launching a fully-funded PhD in Media Studies. Applications for Fall 2024 are now open!
🔭 This interdisciplinary research degree investigates texts, audiences, industries, and tech in relation to economic, political, and social systems of power.
💸 Funding covers tuition, fees, health insurance, and an annual stipend of $30K for up to 5 years.
📅 Deadline:
December 15
📝 Details:
https://mediastudies.as.virginia.edu/about-phd-media-studies
In case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.
#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open
Struggling to decide who to include in the author list of your manuscript? CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) can help!
Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on #MDPI in the whole #AcademicChatter conversation, but this is really a must-see:
A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers it published. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they?
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals
I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...
Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicals
Special Issue in journal Processes: Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicalswww.mdpi.com
This. Is. Hilarious.
The PhD-Simulator
https://research.wmz.ninja/projects/phd/index.html
#PhDs #phdlife #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #WissZeitVG #AcademicChatter
PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang
A completely random event based text game. Simply make your choice at the beginning of each month and see if you can graduate in time. All outcomes are determined by the random number generator and do not take them seriously.research.wmz.ninja
So many good points in this piece by
@PhilippBayer
My highlight in this screenshot (#science delivery & success is a TEAM effort!), but if you're vaguely involved in #academia +/- #bioinformatics, do have a read and think how it all may apply to you. #academicchatter @academicchatter
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110644840476993836
Happy to say I defended my dissertation "Methods and complexity in phage-bacteria ecology and evolution"!
Much thanks to all those who supported me throughout my PhD.
I'm glad to be sticking around the Turner Lab for another year as a post-doc to continue my work on multispecies phage-bacteria communities
#PhDone #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Academia #PhD #Ecology #Evolution #Phage #Phages
@annasimsbiol discusses her new paper on superinfection exclusion in influenza virus https://plos.io/3HXscie and working in a #virology lab during a pandemic
#PLOSBiology #academiclife #AcademicChatter
https://biologue.plos.org/2023/03/22/human-collaboration-to-study-virus-interactions/
Behind the paper: human collaboration to study virus interactions - PLOS Biologue
In this ‘behind the paper’ post, Anna Sims discusses her experience working in a virology lab during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic while not working in SARS-COV-2, and the importance of collaboration and discussion with peers in science.PLOS Biology (PLOS Biologue)
What do you think?
https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/list-of-all-mdpi-predatory-publications
#academia #AcademicChatter #academic #science #publishing #PeerReview
- About time! All MDPI journals are "predatory" (57%, 26 votes)
- Mmm, only some MDPI journals are "predatory" (20%, 9 votes)
- MDPI journals are iffy, but not fully "predatory" (20%, 9 votes)
- MDPI journals are fine! (2%, 1 vote)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06185-8
@academicchatter @academicsunite #academicchatter @phdlife @PhD_Genie @phdstudents #phdlife #highereducation #postdocjobs #postdocposition #postdoclife #research #studyabroad #OpenScience #peerreview
Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five days
To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.Boyack, Kevin W.
I’ve been #scicomm ing my #research on #twitch - I'm developing #3dprinting inks from seaweed and other #biomaterials !
I interview scientists weekly, so if you're interested, let me know! I’d love to have you
#phdchat #academic #academia #academicchatter #introduction