In response to the kerfuffle over the Friends of Science in Medicine, The Conversation responded with an article from the alternative therapists’ point of view: “Alternative medicine can be scientific, say besieged academics“. The article’s uncritical he-said-she-said reporting – normal practice for ‘unbiased’ journalism and a site which is trying to provoke a ‘conversation’ – is… [Read more…]
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…]
This post contains data and graphs on women in research that I didn’t put in the main Scientific Russian roulette post. These graphs show the success rates for women and men are similar at all but the most senior levels; the problem seems to lie in the decreasing number of female applicants. Data from NHMRC awards 2002-08… [Read more…]
January 29, 2012
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