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Chemistry World October 6, 2011 Maria Burke |
Half of Young Australian Academics Ready to Quit The future of Australian higher education is hanging in the balance because young academics feel unappreciated, underpaid and lacking in job security, according to a new report. |
Chemistry World January 14, 2010 Ned Stafford |
Japan research funding safe The proposals of major cuts in researching funding triggered howls of criticism from Japanese scientists and academics, who appealed for support from the global scientific community. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2013 Angeli Mehta |
Australian budget hits higher education hard Catriona Jackson, chief executive of advocacy group Science & Technology Australia, warns that they are 'really going to get in the way of research'. |
Chemistry World February 2, 2010 Anna Lewcock |
Budget cuts hit university teaching University teaching is bearing the brunt of cuts to higher education funding, while science has been afforded a degree of protection, according to the latest figures announced by the Higher Education Funding Council for England |
Chemistry World February 4, 2011 Leila Sattary |
Higher education cuts hit home Universities in England will lose 940 million in funding in the next financial year with severe cuts to capital budgets and teaching. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
Austerity measures hit higher education UK universities have been hit with further cuts as the government introduces stringent measures to reduce the budget deficit. |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
A new year and a new dawn As the International Year of Chemistry drew to a close last year, we were delighted to see the future of chemistry in the UK being bolstered with two universities planning to reopen their chemistry departments |
Chemistry World March 13, 2006 |
Thriving Chemistry Department Faces Closure Anger surrounded the announcement that from October 2007 the chemistry department at Sussex University, UK, will make way for a department of chemical biology. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2010 |
Chemistry at Sussex under threat again The department, which topped The Guardian's 2010 university league table for chemistry, is set to lose some 40 per cent of its faculty, according to Phil Parsons, head of organic chemistry at Sussex. |
Chemistry World November 6, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Chemistry departments running in the red in the UK UK university chemistry departments' finances are well into the red, according to a recent report on university balance sheets. |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Editorial: Balancing up the equation Academic chemistry is a less welcoming environment for women than it is for men. |
Chemistry World October 22, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Investment rekindles interest in science A recent upturn in the number of university students taking science and maths in England suggests interest in the sciences is on the rise again |
Chemistry World September 23, 2010 Anna Lewcock |
UK faces scientific exodus The UK faces a 'significant' risk of researchers abandoning its shores and long-term damage to the science base if proposed funding cuts go ahead |
Chemistry World July 18, 2011 Patrick Walter |
UK chemistry threatened by funding squeeze Chemistry in the UK is in danger of falling behind its international competitors as a result of a squeeze on funding for vital lab equipment, according to chemistry department heads. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2009 Nina Notman |
English university funding squashed again English academics won't be feeling the festive cheer, after yesterday's announcement that a further 135 million pounds has been chopped from the country's higher education funding. |
Chemistry World September 5, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Australia's chief scientist makes pitch for science Australia's chief scientist Ian Chubb has presented an ambitious agenda to the government to bolster the nation's science base. |
Chemistry World February 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Survival of the fattest The results of the UK's 2008 research assessment exercise, a national audit of university research quality, were announced late last year, and they were good news for the country's chemistry departments. |
Chemistry World October 20, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
UK chemists warn of funding crisis Senior researchers have warned that a sharp drop in the number of research grants awarded this year risks damaging UK chemistry. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2010 Leila Sattary |
MPs warn science cuts will harm economy Stop spending cuts now or risk devastating British science and the economy, says a report published today by the UK government's Science and Technology Committee. |
Chemistry World March 1, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Archives for Africa and Beyond The Royal Society of Chemistry yesterday announced free access to its journal's back-catalogue in over 50 developing countries, the first learned society to make such a gesture. |
Chemistry World October 20, 2010 Turley & Lewcock |
Science budget frozen in spending review The UK's science budget will suffer a 10 per cent cut in real terms over the next four years and higher education has been hit hard in the government's public spending review announced today. |
Chemistry World March 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Riding the RAE Rollercoaster For chemists, a shift to metrics may bring welcome relief from the time-consuming and onerous RAE, first praised but increasingly criticized for its effect on UK research. |
Chemistry World January 2008 Gurney & Adams |
Comment: How Good is UK Chemistry? Using bibliometrics as the key measure, the author compares the publication output of different countries. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2014 Maria Burke |
'Great outcome' for chemistry in REF 2014 The REF results are hugely important to higher education institutions as they are used by the four UK funding bodies to allocate research funding. |
Chemistry World October 2010 |
A renaissance in school chemistry John Holman, former director of the UK's National Science Learning Centre, is optimistic about the current state of chemistry education. But important caveats remain |
Chemistry World September 2011 |
Future funding concern The announcement by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council about future research funding has caused concern in the chemistry community. |
Chemistry World November 8, 2011 Walter & Howes |
EPSRC sticks to its funding strategy guns The UK's principal chemistry funding body is pressing ahead with its controversial 'shaping capability' strategy. This is despite anger over the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has said it will decide which areas to prioritise in the physical sciences. |
Chemistry World February 2, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
UK chemistry student numbers hold steady University chemistry departments across the UK are breathing a sigh of relief as the number of people applying to study chemistry has held steady despite a large increase in tuition fees for degree courses in England and Wales. |
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: A Shot in the Arm for Science Education University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher Education Funding Council for England will provide an extra 75 million pounds for courses in chemistry, physics, and engineering. |
Chemistry World March 15, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Update: Thriving Chemistry Department Faces Closure An emergency evidence session of the UK parliamentary Science and Technology select committee is being considered to address proposals to cease chemistry teaching at Sussex University. |
Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Leila Sattary |
Universities face hard years ahead A new report warns that widespread cuts being made to higher education funding across Europe is likely to impact the quality of European teaching and research for years to come. |
Chemistry World December 1, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Unwelcome festive offerings This year, we launched and have just hosted the Chemistry World Jobs Live event. This careers event took place in London on 25 November and attracted more than 25 employers from different sectors. |
Chemistry World February 21, 2013 Philip Robinson |
Roy David 'Gus' Guthrie AM CChem FRSC (1934--2013) Roy David 'Gus' Guthrie, former Secretary General of the RSC, died on 12 January 2013 at Nambour Private Hospital in Australia. A passionate scientist and dedicated educator, Guthrie made significant contributions to the university system in Australia. |
Chemistry World February 22, 2010 Anna Lewcock |
Funding cuts will 'damage a generation' of science Cutting research budgets will harm science for an entire generation, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science said. The Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the many who have voiced their outrage at the cuts to UK science funding, shares this view. |
Chemistry World June 12, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
UK chemists must take control The Engineering and physical sciences research council second international review of UK chemistry has warned that too little is being done to support early-career researchers and encourage high-risk research. |
Chemistry World September 2011 |
The research excellence framework 2014 I will try to cover some general aspects of the REF 2014 exercise: the ways in which it both resembles and differs from the research assessment exercise 2008 and its importance for the higher education sector in general and for chemistry in particular. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2006 Tom Westgate |
Science Education Failing to Provide Enough Graduates Thousands of potential scientists are being lost as too many young British people choose not to study science in schools and universities, according to Britain's leading business organization. |
Chemistry World June 2009 Lord Drayson |
World-leading research In the current climate - not just the downturn, but the reality of intense global competition - UK research chemists must join forces with business and government to exploit our abundant talent and potential. |
Chemistry World December 18, 2014 |
Reflections on the REF After a formidable amount of work, the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise is complete and published. The results capture the UK chemistry research environment and the quality and impact of that research. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Paul Duckmanton |
Inorganic chemistry The depth of coverage of topics in Inorganic Chemistry by R. Gopalan, seems variable in comparison to other inorganic chemistry textbooks. |
Chemistry World August 2008 |
Putting women in their place It's in all our interests to promote the career progression of women in chemistry, says Annette Williams |
Chemistry World May 15, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Sussex Reprieve Raises Intervention Issue Proposed plans to close the U.K.'s University of Sussex chemistry department have been scrapped and a new department of chemistry and biochemistry created. |
Chemistry World September 2007 Ian Pearson |
Comment: Global Science Matters The UK's new science minister says that an international perspective is vital for scientific growth. |
Science News October 27, 2007 |
Science Safari: Chemistry--Weird and Otherwise Visit this computational chemist's blog to learn the who, what, when, where, and why of chemistry. |
Chemistry World March 2006 |
Letters Chemistry's changing face... Exeter's chemistry closure... DDT ditty... Chlorine in poetry... etc. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2015 Adam Brownsell |
Let's talk about chemistry I hope all of you have now had a chance to at least skim read the results of the survey carried out this year by the Royal Society of Chemistry on the public's attitudes to chemistry in the UK. |
Chemistry World February 16, 2011 Laura Howes |
International Year of Chemistry launches across the world Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, France. |
Chemistry World June 2006 |
Comment: RSC Prepared for the Future Simon Campbell reflects on the Royal Society of Chemistry's achievements during his presidency. |
Chemistry World November 2011 Graeme Armstrong |
Good Chemistry We must improve the chemistry between industry and society. |