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Chemistry World
July 18, 2011
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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
January 9, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
What does it take to improve laboratory safety? A series of high-profile incidents at US universities has prompted close examination of attitudes towards safety in academic chemistry laboratories. |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Laboratory safety goes digital The Dow Lab Safety Academy videos aim to provide a broad overview of the safety concerns in a modern lab, along with tips on how to integrate thinking about safety into everyday lab activities. |
Chemistry World
November 1, 2012
Patrick McGhee |
Losing concentration In the UK, successive governments have held to the mantra that funding for university research should be heavily concentrated in a handful of universities. |
Chemistry World
December 2011
Derek Lowes |
Column: In the pipeline Everyone knows what a bad lab looks like. But is there an opposite design, one that everyone would agree is the right place to do 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
June 17, 2015
Moray Stark |
Safe science: promoting a culture of safety in academic chemical research The drive for this timely book has been a number of serious, and sometimes fatal, accidents in US university chemistry labs. |
Chemistry World
September 28, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
US public research universities in jeopardy, board warns The US's public research universities are in serious jeopardy, the National Science Board is warning. |
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
April 25, 2014
Emma Stoye |
EPSRC announces 83.5m boost for PhD training The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will invest an additional 83.5 million pounds this year in doctoral training partnerships in the UK, universities and science minister David Willetts has announced. |
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
August 4, 2014
Ned Stafford |
US labs urged to develop stronger 'culture of safety' A major new report on safety in academic chemical research is calling on US universities to adopt a 'culture of safety' actively supported at all levels. |
Chemistry World
May 5, 2009
James Mitchell Crow |
Sustainable research creeps closer With the UK government having committed to an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, a raft of new legislation will soon be driving universities to cut energy use in the lab. |
Chemistry World
December 10, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Fees hike could focus the mind The UK government voted in favour of tripling the university fees cap to 9000 last night, although the vote was passed by a slim margin of just 21 votes. |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2011
Laura Howes |
MPs warn funding reform threatens university places A cross party group of MPs has said that the new funding arrangements for UK higher education will result in a 'significant funding gap of hundreds of millions of pounds'. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2012
Laura Howes |
10 million open access boost UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has today announced an additional investment of 10 million to help universities take up open access options. |
Chemistry World
November 9, 2012
Laura Howes |
Council to defend UK universities launched A group of 65 of the UK's thinkers, from scientists to authors, have joined forces to launch the Council for the Defence of British Universities, which will campaign for autonomy for universities to allow them to pursue research 'without regard to its immediate benefit'. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 71
David Bradley |
Reactive Profile--Sun Rises in the East Interview with graduate student Weixiang Sun on constructing nanoscale materials from the bottom up. |
PC World
September 2005
Anne Kandra |
Consumer Watch: Use Auctions to Save Money on Tech Gear EBay can be a great place to find a bargain, or a buyer, for gadgets. Here's how to play. |
Chemistry World
October 9, 2007
Hepeng Jia |
Chinese Universities Face Staggering Debt China's fast expanding universities are accumulating debts which they may not be able to repay, a report from the country's powerful economic planning agency has warned. |
Chemistry World
May 30, 2014 |
Taking responsibility Sara Cooper talks to Neil Withers about safety in the lab and how it's up to everyone, from boardrooms to students, to create a safe environment |
