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Why did I bother with this PhD journey? - [ academics_anon ]
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Rehab for (recovering) academics. Why did I bother with this PhD journey? At Why did I bother with this PhD journey? Whilst there were no illusions of a research career equating to limitless wealth, it is profoundly depressing to read further confirmation that the market value of research skills is less than 30k, with the added luxury of a fixed term duration of barely a year:. Source: Jobs at Aston. Say your thing, man. 22nd-Jul-2014 12:03 pm (UTC). 22nd-Jul-2014 12:11 pm (UTC). Yes, I did that. It'...
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Does research constitute "derivative works"? - [ academics_anon ]
http://academics-anon.livejournal.com/1871065.html
Rehab for (recovering) academics. Does research constitute "derivative works"? If citation of previous research (published open access) makes a new article a "derivative work", shouldn't that article be distributed also via open access? How would researchers respond to this "licence consequence"? Would researchers prefer to reject citation of open access articles, in order to continue submission of work to subscription access articles? Say your thing, man. 6th-Sep-2014 05:44 pm (UTC). Now, if I wrote a b...
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UK university staff tenure rates - [ academics_anon ]
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Rehab for (recovering) academics. UK university staff tenure rates. A UK higher education agency has published the rates of both open and fixed term staff (the ten most extreme values shown). The UK average rate of open contracts at UK universities is about 35 %; how does this compare internationally? Say your thing, man. 7th-Jul-2014 03:07 pm (UTC). Oooh where did you get this from? I'm always curious to see where my old and new place sit. 7th-Jul-2014 04:27 pm (UTC). Dunno where op got the table though.
beangirls.blogspot.com
The Bean Chronicles: On leaving science: the stories we tell
http://beangirls.blogspot.com/2013/06/on-leaving-science-stories-we-tell.html
I am mother to the bean children: Bean-girl, age seven, and her five-year old sister, the Legume. This is my space- both public and private- to vent, rant, muse, and reflect. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On leaving science: the stories we tell. Walking away from science is easier than I thought. Many spoke honestly of feelings of shame and failure when they left academia. They spoke of sleepless nights and wondering oh-my-god-what-am-I-doing? 60 applications and no offers? I have a friend who was in that ex...
naturalproductforum.org
How I became a friend of “open” | Natural Product Forum
http://naturalproductforum.org/2012/11/how-i-became-a-friend-of-open
A Blog on Natural Product Chemistry and Science. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Natural Product Journals, Blogs and Tweeters. How I became a friend of “open”. Over the last months, I became more and more aware of the “open” movement. “Open” as in Open Access, Open Source, Open Data, Open Science. MMass is Open Source, so I decided to – just for fun – study its code and try to tweak mMass to do what I wanted. mMass is mostly written in Python. The novel mMass version was superior to a...
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Why aren't professors and universities liable for the death of students? - [ academics_anon ]
http://academics-anon.livejournal.com/1870802.html
Rehab for (recovering) academics. Why aren't professors and universities liable for the death of students? A recent article in Chemistry World reminded me of an earlier blog post about the death of the student Sheri Shangji in a chemistry laboratory. The blog post. Is anyone aware of a similar case elsewhere, e.g. within EU and if so, how does European state and EU laws compare? Say your thing, man. 7th-Aug-2014 04:30 pm (UTC). The professor was held liable. There is a certain amount of logic in the char...
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