How do we make the case for research data centres?…
An opportunity to hear the Government Chief Scientific Advisor on communicating risk and scientific advice in emergencies was always going to be a draw.…
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee has just announced the launch of an inquiry into peer review, and is inviting evidence on “the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process used to examine and validate scient…
In March 2009, RIN, in association with Universities UK, issued its guidance on paying for open access (OA) publication charges.…
We’ve known for a long time that the scholarly journal publishing business is highly-skewed; or, putting it another way, that it provides a classic instance of the long tail.…
I call it a wedding. Months, sometimes years of planning, all for a one-day conference. It’s a risky affair—the possibility of failure, food poisoning, drunken fights, bad speeches. …
It seems a little – circular – to be discussing a report on web 2.0 using a blog. However, the recent RIN report, If you build it, will they come?…
As a personal assistant part of the job is organising travel, accommodation and papers for managers attending conferences abroad. The other part is hoping everything runs smoothly since you won’t be there with them.…
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