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Sciences en marche : 3 weeks of rally across France for a real change in French science policy

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Decades of sort-sighted politics have taken a huge toll on the French system of Higher Education and Research (HER). According to OECD, France was 7th in the world in 1995 for its research effort compared to its GNP, and 15th in 2011. In 2011, France was also 14th for the ratio researchers/population. Despite the international […]

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Scientists in Germany: well-funded but not well-employed

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In Germany, according to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, investments in R&D have increased over the past years and do correspond to 3% of the GDP. According to the Lisbon-strategy and its successor, the Europe 2020-strategy, all member states of the European Union are supposed to pursue and reach this goal. This collaborate […]