technoculture podcast – Episode #14: Rick A. Ruth
In this episode you will discover Fulbright and the international exchange programs, who have transformational effects on people. Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Researcher mobility
HiLASE Centre of Excellence – H2020 Teaming Phase 2 project
HiLASE is a new technological infrastructure in the field of application-oriented laser research and development. Read more [...]
UK-EU27 collaboration in science: vital but uphill struggle against Brexiteers
The UK and the EU-27, on the assumption that the UK will leave the EU, have mutually benefited enormously from collaboration in the field of research, innovation and higher education over the past 45 years. Read more [...]
Australian brain drain
A new report has shown that young academics in Australia feel unappreciated, underpaid and lacking in job security. Just under half of the under 30's surveyed in this recent research say they plan to leave the country or the profession as a result. Read more [...]
European airspace – acting as one
The lonely scientist, covered by his papers alone in his room, talking to no one, is extinct. Science happens world wide in connection with partners around the globe, frequent travels are part of the daily life. Like for anybody else, delays are quite an annoying concomitant, especially if you travel by plane to reach your destination faster. Very often in Europe the cause for a late arrival is Air Traffic Control (ATC) related. Read more [...]
Claire McNulty, British Council
Aarathi Prasad, freelance science journalist, interviews Claire McNulty, Life Sciences Adviser at the British Council, at the Vitae Conference 2010. Read more [...]
Russia’s silicon valley
Russian history advances in concentric circles - repeating the same mistakes (or courageous attempts). Once more the Russian government believes that lust and money is enough to realise the qualitative changes that the Russia economy needs. Read more [...]
Facilitating researcher mobility
One of the recurrent themes at the Vitae Researcher Development Conference 2010 was how to better facilitate the movement of researchers throughout the European Union. Representing the British Council, Dr Claire McNulty’s conference workshop, Research as an International Career, broadened the discussion to how to encourage and make easier the transition for scientists moving between continents, as well as between countries that are geographically, but not politically European nations. Read more [...]
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