Studenten kennen Lernstrategien, wenden sie aber nicht an - APA, 06.10.2017
6 October, 2017 - 11:24

Wien (APA) - Viele Studenten kennen zwar Lernstrategien, wenden sie in der Praxis aber nicht an. Das zeigt eine im Fachblatt "Frontiers in Psychology" veröffentliche Studie von Psychologen der Universität Wien. 

Publishers seek removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate - timeshighereducation.com, 05.10.2017
6 October, 2017 - 09:31

Academic social network accused of infringing copyright on a massive scale.
Leading publishers are stepping up their fight against ResearchGate by ordering the academic social network to take down papers that they say infringe...

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I can't get a full-time academic contract. So what's holding me back? - theguardian.com, 06.10.2017
6 October, 2017 - 09:28

I’ve done the peer-reviewed research and received mentoring from top academics. Is it my gender, my age or my class stopping me getting a job?
I earned my PhD nine years ago. I took a full-time post in the Middle East for over four...

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Was Crowdworker wollen - blog.arbeit-wirtschaft.at, 05.10.2017
6 October, 2017 - 09:25

AppJobber, Clickworker oder Upwork – Plattformen, die vielseitige Services anbieten, breiten sich im Internet aus. Über die Menschen, die dort arbeiten, weiß man aber bisher wenig. Es gibt bislang keine statistische Erfassung von...

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Paper: "Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity in a Climate of Perverse Incentives and Hypercompetition" (Edwards & Roy)
6 October, 2017 - 09:23

By Marc A. Edwards & Siddhartha Roy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
In: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume 34, Number 1, 2017, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., DOI: 10.1089...

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Research assessment: an exercise in futility - timeshighereducation.com, 05.10.2017
5 October, 2017 - 18:19

Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in the 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting.
In a lifetime as a self-appointed “essayist” I have published more...

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Job-Rotation Wollt ihr euch treu sein bis zur Rente? - sueddeutsche.de, 02.10.2017
2 October, 2017 - 15:39

In manchen Unternehmen geht fast niemand freiwillig. Doch zu viel Routine kann Motivation und Innovationen hemmen. Eine Lösung: die Job-Rotation.
Von Sigrid Rautenberg

Gold or green? Elsevier proposes regional open access model - timeshighereducation.com, 29.09.2017
29 September, 2017 - 22:40

Publisher argues European countries could move to subscription-free approach without international consensus.
Institutions that are highly research intensive and use more of a “pay to publish” model could suffer as a result of a...

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Work in progress: from ants to zika, scientists photograph their research – in pictures - theguardian.com, 29.09.2017
29 September, 2017 - 22:36

Researchers from around the world submitted photos of the various forms of life they study to the BMC Research in Progress Photo Competition; the winners and their weird and wonderful subjects have now been revealed.

Genug reformiert - Schluss mit der Pensionsdebatte! - blog.arbeit-wirtschaft.at, 29.09.2017
29 September, 2017 - 22:33

Die Reformen des Pensionssystems in den letzten 14 Jahren waren sehr tiefgreifend und nachhaltig. Weitere Einschnitte – vor allem für ASVG-Versicherte – sind nicht mehr tragbar und darüber hinaus auch gar nicht notwendig. Unser...

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