Rankings are heavily influenced by citations, but these represent little more than symbols. They are comparable to the less-than-worthless collateralized debt obligations that drove the recent financial bubble, and, unlike concrete goods and real exports, they are easy to print and inflate .............
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v469/n7328/full/469034b.html
06 January 2011
24 December 2010
The Art-Science Devide
Scientists must reach across the divide and speak up for campus colleagues in arts and humanities departments
Nature: Save university arts from the bean counters
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101222/full/4681003a.html
Nature: Save university arts from the bean counters
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101222/full/4681003a.html
09 December 2010
Nature: Singapore's salad days are over
Uncertainty has replaced confidence as economic reality bites science in the city-state and scientists find that their research funds now come with strings attached.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7325/full/468731a.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7325/full/468731a.html
Nature: Self-plagiarism case prompts calls for agencies to tighten rules
Is plagiarism a sin if the duplicated material is one's own? Self-plagiarism may seem a smaller infraction than stealing another author's work, but the practice is under increasing scrutiny, as the eruption two weeks ago of a long-standing controversy at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, makes clear.
To read more, see http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101207/full/468745a.html
To read more, see http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101207/full/468745a.html
18 October 2010
Scientists Without Borders
Dear Colleague,
Scientists Without Borders unveiled its new website during the United Nations General Assembly week. We invite YOU to be one of the first to explore the site.To get started, simply click here to create your profile, then start exploring. If you experience any difficulties or need any additional assistance, please email administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org
Below you will find a list of the new features available on the website and we encourage you to send us your feedback. Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends who may also be interested in sharing challenges and solutions around the world. Links to our Facebook and Twitter feeds can be found in the right hand column.
SPECIAL NEW FEATUREAs you will see, we have redesigned the website to enhance your experience and provide you with greater opportunity to connect with one another and to use your vast expertise, skills, resources and passion, to collaboratively tackle the urgent global development challenges facing our planet.CHALLENGESAmong the most exciting new things Scientists Without Borders now provides is a “Challenges” feature. The Scientists Without Borders Challenges represent our commitment to using innovative methods to enable you, our users and partners, to leverage your cross-disciplinary, multi-sector expertise and resources and generate meaningful impact in realizing our shared commitment to improving the quality of life in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.
POST YOUR CHALLENGES: Now you can post a challenge that you are facing in your work – whatever it may be – and seek solutions from the worldwide network of creative Scientists Without Borders problem-solvers.
OFFER SOLUTIONS: Check out the current challenges posted on the site and put your own problem-solving skills to work. Collaborate with fellow users to generate and refine the solutions offered or offer your resources – ranging from expertise, time, services, and equipment – in our Scientists Without Borders Exchange.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Click here to read more about posting challenges and offering solutions. Click the FAQ link in the left hand column. SPREAD THE WORDWe invite you to spread the word to your friends and colleagues to become members of Scientists Without Borders and encourage you to share your activities within the Scientists Without Borders platform and across your own social networks. The more passionate and committed problem-solvers we can bring into the community, the greater our collective impact will be.
We thank you for being such an important part of Scientists Without Borders and we are looking forward to working together with you on these important issues. Feel free to contact us: administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org.
Warmest regards,
Shaifali Puri
Executive Director
WE WELCOME
YOUR FEEDBACK
As core members of our community, we are very interested in your feedback and suggestions as you explore and navigate the new website. We very much value and benefit from your insights and feedback so that we can provide the best tools and environment for you. If you have any questions or wish to provide feedback, please email us at
administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org.
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl
New York, NY 10007-2157
Scientists Without Borders unveiled its new website during the United Nations General Assembly week. We invite YOU to be one of the first to explore the site.To get started, simply click here to create your profile, then start exploring. If you experience any difficulties or need any additional assistance, please email administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org
Below you will find a list of the new features available on the website and we encourage you to send us your feedback. Feel free to share this with colleagues and friends who may also be interested in sharing challenges and solutions around the world. Links to our Facebook and Twitter feeds can be found in the right hand column.
SPECIAL NEW FEATUREAs you will see, we have redesigned the website to enhance your experience and provide you with greater opportunity to connect with one another and to use your vast expertise, skills, resources and passion, to collaboratively tackle the urgent global development challenges facing our planet.CHALLENGESAmong the most exciting new things Scientists Without Borders now provides is a “Challenges” feature. The Scientists Without Borders Challenges represent our commitment to using innovative methods to enable you, our users and partners, to leverage your cross-disciplinary, multi-sector expertise and resources and generate meaningful impact in realizing our shared commitment to improving the quality of life in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.
POST YOUR CHALLENGES: Now you can post a challenge that you are facing in your work – whatever it may be – and seek solutions from the worldwide network of creative Scientists Without Borders problem-solvers.
OFFER SOLUTIONS: Check out the current challenges posted on the site and put your own problem-solving skills to work. Collaborate with fellow users to generate and refine the solutions offered or offer your resources – ranging from expertise, time, services, and equipment – in our Scientists Without Borders Exchange.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Click here to read more about posting challenges and offering solutions. Click the FAQ link in the left hand column. SPREAD THE WORDWe invite you to spread the word to your friends and colleagues to become members of Scientists Without Borders and encourage you to share your activities within the Scientists Without Borders platform and across your own social networks. The more passionate and committed problem-solvers we can bring into the community, the greater our collective impact will be.
We thank you for being such an important part of Scientists Without Borders and we are looking forward to working together with you on these important issues. Feel free to contact us: administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org.
Warmest regards,
Shaifali Puri
Executive Director
WE WELCOME
YOUR FEEDBACK
As core members of our community, we are very interested in your feedback and suggestions as you explore and navigate the new website. We very much value and benefit from your insights and feedback so that we can provide the best tools and environment for you. If you have any questions or wish to provide feedback, please email us at
administrator@scientistswithoutborders.org.
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl
New York, NY 10007-2157
04 October 2010
Ted's Farewell Dinner
Farewell dinner for Ted Murphy, Assistant General Secretary, NTEU, Australia
during his farewell (end-of-term) visit to Kuala Lumpur, 3 September 2010
(l to r) Wan Manan (GERAK chairman), Azmi Sharom (PKAUM president), Ted, Ithnin Jalil (GERAK), Omar Shawkataly (GERAK), Ikmal Azam Thanaraj (KKAUM), Rosli Mahat (GERAK/PKAUM)
30 September 2010
Friends from ESU Singapore
MOVE-ESU Get-to-know meeting at Midvalley on 27 September 2010Sdr Chiam Tow Jong, ESU General Treasurer, NUS Branch Secretary
Sdr Michael Tan, ESU President, NUS Branch Chairman
Sdr Rosli H Mahat, MOVE Secretary General
Sdri Grace Ho, ESU Assistant General Secretary, NTU Branch Secretary
Sdr James Tan, ESU Deputy Executive Secretary
Sdri Grace Ho, ESU Assistant General Secretary, NTU Branch Secretary
Sdr James Tan, ESU Deputy Executive Secretary
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Education Services Union (ESU) (http://esu.org.sg/) is a union for academic and non-academic employees of private educational institutions in Singapore, including NUS, NTU and SMU.
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