Crackdown on clinical cheats
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A number of efforts are emerging in the United KIngdom to tackle the problem of fraud in medical research. Editors of medical journals such as British Medical Journal have argued for a national regulatory body to tackle the problem. The General Medical Council (GMC) has set up a group led by George Alberti to develop methods of tackling suspected research fraud and investigate other aspects of research ethics. Meanwhile, the Association of Medical Charities is surveying universities to ascertain how they are tackling research fraud, and this study will be used by the GMC.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1998
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A capital idea for learning
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The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, houses the Institute of Advanced Studies along with an undergraduate teaching program. The academics employed by the Institute of Advanced Studies do not teach undergraduates but carry out research. The institute is funded by a block grant awarded each year. A member of the institute points out lecturers often do not have time to carry out research if they are expected to teach. He also suggests competition for research funding may result in research projects being comprised in order to meet new criteria.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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Hairy jobs for the bold
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Scientific fieldwork may be carried out in extreme conditions such as close to a volcano's edge. Vulcnologist, Bill McGuire, notes that a dozen researchers in vulcanology have lost their lives at work since 1991. Meanwhile Rutherford Appleton Laboratory researcher, Geoff Arnison, has to go down a coal mine for his research, while Keith Reid is with the British Antarctic Survey, alone with two colleagues during the winter. Martin Sinha is a marine geophysicist who spends time at sea studying mid ocean ridges.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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