News from the Guardian on a report called report Careering out of Control: A Crisis in the UK Science Profession?: Science has always been a tough profession. The hours are long, the pay is relatively poor for the education and training required (usually about a decade), and permanent positions are scarce. Most research worldwide is… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
The Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens are magnificent this year with vivid red and yellow autumn leaves. I couldn’t resist snapping photos – the curse/blessing of digital cameras! I guess a colourful autumn is normal in all those cold dark places, like Europe, where the deciduous trees come from, but for the past few years here all… [Read more…]
April 19, 2011
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
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…]
October 6, 2011
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