S&S: Careers & Training
- The virtual universityDigital tools for e‐learning and remote learning are becoming an increasingly important tool for teaching at universities
Digital tools for e‐learning and remote learning are becoming an increasingly important tool for teaching at universities
- Philip Hunter, Freelance journalist (ph{at}philiphunter.com) 1
Universities are investing in e‐learning to reach out to a larger audience and change the way students experience lectures and lab work.
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- To absent friends
- The Editors (contact{at}emboreports.org) 1
EMBO Reports starts the new year reminiscing about Howy Jacobs' tenure as Chief Editor and the legacy he leaves behind.
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- Lessons in learningAn effective process for engaging 12‐ to 14‐year‐olds in stem cell biology
An effective process for engaging 12‐ to 14‐year‐olds in stem cell biology
Engaging school children with cutting‐edge science remains challenging. Here, the authors reflect on their experience of developing lessons for high school children about the scientific, medical and ethical implications of stem cell research.
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Scientometrics in a changing research landscapeBibliometrics has become an integral part of research quality evaluation and has been changing the practice of research
Bibliometrics has become an integral part of research quality evaluation and has been changing the practice of research
Bibliometrics has become an integral component of quality assessment for science and funding decisions. The next challenge for scientometrics is to develop similarly reliable indicators for the social impact of research.
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- Networking in academiaGenerating and enhancing relationships with your acquaintances and colleagues will create a diverse network of sponsors eager to help you succeed
Generating and enhancing relationships with your acquaintances and colleagues will create a diverse network of sponsors eager to help you succeed
- Jennifer Streeter (Jennifer-streeter{at}uiowa.edu) 1
Building a network to give you an edge is as important for scientists in academia as it is for those in industry. So how do you make it a mutually beneficial experience?
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- Authorship inflation is unethical
- Beyond the IF boycott: Let's think about counter‐incentives against illegitimate co‐authorship
- Péter Kakuk (kakuk.peter{at}sph.unideb.hu) 1
A comment on “The porisoners' dilemmas”.
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- From challenges to perspectivesReflections of young scientists on the current state of academic research
Reflections of young scientists on the current state of academic research
- Kevin Titeca*,1,
- Liesbeth Aerts2,3,
- Michiel Krols4,
- Lana Vandersarren5,6,
- Özden Akay7,8,9,
- Şule Yılmaz1,10,
- Nevena Hristozova11,12 and
- Michal Janiak13,14,15
- 1VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- 2VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven, Belgium
- 3Center for Human Genetics, Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- 4Peripheral Neuropathy Group, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- 5Unit Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, GROUP‐ID Consortium, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium
- 6Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- 7Unit of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium
- 8Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- 9Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- 10Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- 11VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Brussels, Belgium
- 12Structural Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- 13VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium
- 14Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology Institute of Botany and Microbiology KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- 15Department of Biosystems, Division of Crop Biotechnics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- ↵*Corresponding author. E‐mail: kevin.titeca{at}vib-ugent.be
The imbalance between the growing number of PhD graduates and the stagnating number of research positions damages science and scientists alike. With the world facing serious challenges in climate and health, governments need to redress the balance to create a solid research base.
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- The most important application of scienceAs scientists have to justify research funding with potential social benefits, they may well add education to the list
As scientists have to justify research funding with potential social benefits, they may well add education to the list
- Valentí Rull (vrull{at}ibb.csic.es) 1
Science is increasingly expected to deliver economic benefits, sustainable development and human welfare. Embedding real science into education can address these expectations and the grand challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
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