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How capitalism is distorting science

Critics say research is hobbled by profit-driven journals. That has far-reaching ramifications for science

Salon

Universities call out record low research funding

The federal government is facing calls to increase the level of funding for research, as universities rely heavily on international student fees.

The New Daily

Opposition leader says no federal intervention needed – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Amartya Sen moves HC against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen moved the Calcutta High Court, appealing against a notice of the Visva-Bharati university that asked him to vacate 13 decimal of land at his Santiniketan residence by May 6.

The Hindu

Economist flags ‘lumpenisation’ of higher education in India

Eminent economist Prabhat Patnaik has flagged a “lumpenisation” of public higher education system in the country by the Union government and those who are close to it.

The Hindu

Top physicist calls for gender funding quotas

The Government is committed to pumping more into science – who it goes to can make a difference.

Newsroom.co.nz

2023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender

Diane Wilson took on Formosa Plastics and won a $50m settlement to help clean up decades worth of toxic plastic waste

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Queensland girls still underrepresented in specialist maths despite push to increase participation

Girls are missing out on high-paying graduate jobs with starting salaries of $100k as the number of students enrolled in specialist maths declines.

ABC News

Colin Rochester obituary

Other lives: Consultant and researcher on voluntary organisations and volunteering

The Guardian - UK

Look at the Lights, My Love by Annie Ernaux review – supermarket blues

The Nobel laureate’s diaristic reflections on retail leave much to be desired

The Guardian - UK

Top scientist could die before receiving her Nobel Prize for life-saving antibiotic

Kirsty Smitten, 28, may not see the culmination of her work in potential Nobel Prize winning antibiotic medicine after being told she has a rare terminal heart cancer

Daily Mirror

Biden and Irish poets: 'Hope and history,' a lifelong love

When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, you can expect him to visit an ancient castle, honor some of his ancestors and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement among Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

The Independent UK

British science will not flourish outside EU’s Horizon scheme, academics warn

Experts insist successes of Brussels’ €95bn programme could never be replicated by a UK-only substitute

The Guardian - UK

The Good Friday agreement’s fragile peace must be bolstered

Letter: Darren Murphy and Brian Dalton of Irish in Britain reflect on the deal that brought peace to Northern Ireland, a quarter century after it was signed

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The National (Scotland)

Anger as Tories look to get back into EU scheme after Scotland 'hammered'

SCOTTISH universities and researchers have been "hammered" by the UK's exit from the EU's Horizon scheme, the SNP have said, as a Tory…

The Independent UK

Michelle Donelan in talks on UK access to EU’s £88.6bn science scheme

The Science Secretary is heading to Brussels to discuss possible future association with Horizon Europe.

Evening Standard

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern joins Prince William’s Earthshot Prize

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is joining Prince William’s Earthshot Prize as she announced two new roles for her post-politics career.

The Guardian - UK

Ilse Ryder obituary

Other lives: Refugee from Czechoslovakia who became a maths teacher after settling in the UK

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Bristol Post

University to 'open its doors to Bristol' with new Temple Meads campus

Work is getting underway on the new campus at last

Reuters

Nobel-winning Russian editor: "I know Gershkovich, he's no spy"

A Nobel prize-winning Russian journalist said on Friday he did not believe that arrested American reporter Evan Gershkovich was a spy, and that he hoped diplomacy could bring about his quick release.

The Independent UK

Pioneering Black economist Sir Arthur Lewis celebrated with university building after four year campaign

Sir Arthur Lewis became the London School of Economics’s first Black academic in 1938, and now has a building named in his honour

The Guardian - UK

Graham Pyatt obituary

Other lives: Warwick University economics professor and World Bank development economist

France 24

Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux calls for justice as French students allege sex assault by police

Annie Ernaux, the 2022 Nobel literature laureate, has backed calls for a thorough investigation after four female students said they were sexually assaulted by police in the western city of Nantes following a protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply contentious pension reform.

The Guardian - UK

Simon Clarke obituary

Other lives: Sociology professor who studied labour relations and trade unions in post-Soviet Russia

The Independent UK

University of Cambridge scientist wins world’s top neuroscience award

Professor Christine Holt shares the Brain Prize with two other neuroscientists.

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