While the $400 million destruction of medical research funding is the number one priority now, there’s another issue that perennially looms large – the funding system that makes embarking on a research career more like playing Russian roulette. Job insecurity is rated as the biggest factor in the low attractiveness of research as a career. I think it’s the biggest… [Read more…]
April 15, 2011
The Discoveries Needs Dollars campaign for medical research funding has been doing a fantastic job. Who’s running it? It’s ‘initiated’ by WEHI, but I don’t know if they’re doing it themselves or if they’ve contracted in outside help. They’ve put up a great looking website. That might sound frivolous, but I think it’s a really important starting point. It’s… [Read more…]
April 15, 2011
I actually went to a real protest! Not something I usually do. On Tuesday all us medical researchers in Adelaide headed down North Tce from the universities, institutes and hospitals to the steps of Parliament to protest the proposed $400 million destruction of medical research funding. I wasn’t counting, but some people who’d tried to… [Read more…]
April 19, 2011
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