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We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences

We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences

February 11th was International Women and Girls in Science Day, but despite the best efforts of many parents, teachers, and policymakers over the last two decades the numbers are still dismal.

School Climate Strike Children's Brave Stand Has Our Support

School Climate Strike Children's Brave Stand Has Our Support

We are inspired that our children, spurred on by the noble actions of Greta Thunberg and other striking students, are making their voices heard, say 224 academics

Main Outcomes of NWO/ZonMw Consultation Meeting on Plan S

Main Outcomes of NWO/ZonMw Consultation Meeting on Plan S

On the 31th of January NWO and ZonMw organised a consultation meeting as part of the public feedback on the implementation of Plan S. The meeting was very well attended with over 250 people representing all segments of the Dutch research community.

Bias Against Female Scientists Revealed in Study of Canadian Grants Program

Bias Against Female Scientists Revealed in Study of Canadian Grants Program

Female scientists are less likely to win research dollars from the federal government's grant agency (CIHR), when the grant application is reviewed based on the scientist leading the project, rather than the proposal.

Scientists Don't Stay for Long in Their Jobs Anymore: Study

Scientists Don't Stay for Long in Their Jobs Anymore: Study

Plus, more scientists nowadays spend their entire careers in supporting roles, rather than leading their own research programs.

2019 EUA Workshop on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science

2019 EUA Workshop on Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science

EUA is organising a series of workshops raising awareness and fostering discussion on research assessment reform. The 2019 edition will focus on research evaluation for the purpose of recruitment and career progression of researchers.

Austria: Five Leading Universities and Most Important Funder Unite to Support the Open Library of Humanities

Austria: Five Leading Universities and Most Important Funder Unite to Support the Open Library of Humanities

Five Austrian institutions, including the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as Higher Supporters, have come together to begin work on a national consortium to support the Open Library of Humanities.

A New EPFL Fund Rewards Nine Open Science Ideas

A New EPFL Fund Rewards Nine Open Science Ideas

The first call for proposal for the EPFL Open Science Fund attracted nearly 50 propositions. Nine projects were selected and will receive support to develop ideas fostering open and reproducible research on campus, and beyond.

Scientists Consider "Quick Response" Plan to Counter Climate Misinformation

Scientists Consider "Quick Response" Plan to Counter Climate Misinformation

The effort comes as President Trump makes comments that deny climate science.

Norway Urges Students to Avoid UK Universities in Brexit Warning

Norway Urges Students to Avoid UK Universities in Brexit Warning

Higher education minister says Norwegians should study in countries other than Britain.

U.Va. report: Med students believe black people feel less pain than whites

U.Va. report: Med students believe black people feel less pain than whites

New research is out that could help explain why African Americans are often undertreated for pain, as various studies have shown.

Imagine a Research Future Defined by Open Values: Introducing the Open Science MOOC

Imagine a Research Future Defined by Open Values: Introducing the Open Science MOOC

Image: UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ The world of research is not working as well as it could be. On all sides we see issues with reproducibility, questionable research practices, barriers and walls, wasteful research, and flawed incentive and reward systems. If we want research to be more effective in helping to solve the problems …

Dutch Universities Give Open Access Another Boost

Dutch Universities Give Open Access Another Boost

The Dutch universities will give open access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take ca ...

How Brexit Threatens Irish Science's Cross-Border Collaboration

How Brexit Threatens Irish Science's Cross-Border Collaboration

Peace and EU membership have allowed scientists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to build a unique, cross-border research system.

Europe Wrestles with a Plan to Build the 'Amazon of Science'

Europe Wrestles with a Plan to Build the 'Amazon of Science'

The European Open Science Cloud is a giant effort to provide a single point of access to all scientific data. But getting all the infrastructures to integrate and engendering a culture of sharing is a daunting task, say those involved in its creation.

VSNU Statement on Plan S: Ambitions Remain High, Transition Will Require Due Care

VSNU Statement on Plan S: Ambitions Remain High, Transition Will Require Due Care

The VSNU endorses the objectives of and has been actively involved in the developments on Open Science as stated in the National Plan Open Science (NPOS). Open Science aims to bring about a fundamental improvement of science by making the scientific process transparent and ensuring that research output is widely available.

ETH Zurich Promotes Data Science Research

ETH Zurich Promotes Data Science Research

Intelligent data science approaches are changing science, the economy and society. In a new interdisciplinary initiative, ETH researchers from the fields of mathematics, computer science and information technology are therefore increasingly dedicating themselves to the foundations of data science.

FinELib's Negotiations with Taylor & Francis Hit a Wall - FinELib

FinELib's Negotiations with Taylor & Francis Hit a Wall - FinELib

Negotiations between the FinELib consortium and Taylor & Francis ended with no positive results. The end of the negotiations means that access to Taylor & Francis journals will end on 1 February 2019.

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Implementation of Plan S | Eurodoc

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Respond to Implementation of Plan S | Eurodoc

Read the joint response to the implementation guidance forPlan S as issued by three organisations representing early-career and senior researchers in Europe.

6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

From the moment Sir David Attenborough took to the stage on day one of the meeting and declared, 'the Garden of Eden is no more', environmental issues topped the Agenda in Davos. Here are six moments that stood out.