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[USA] Entrepreneurial boost

From www.nature.com - November 22, 2012 6:18 AM

QB3 held up as example of how to capitalize on research.

 

Universities should provide scientists with mentorship, business-support services and private-sector connections to help them exploit the commercial potential of their research discoveries, says a study published on 24 October (K. D. Harrison et al. Sci. Transl. Med. 4, 157fs37; 2012). The study cites the 'Garage Network' at the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) as an example of success. The QB3 network is a business incubator that supports entrepreneurs at the University of California's San Francisco, Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses.  (...) Naturejobs -

Nature 491,291(2012), 07 November 2012

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Why (And How) Students Can Get Excited About STEM

Why (And How) Students Can Get Excited About STEM | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From edudemic.com - May 6, 8:05 AM

There’s a lot of buzz out there about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM, for short) – not only in the realm of teaching and learning, but in terms of job growth and potential, too. According to the Smithsonian Science Education Center (the makers of the handy infographic below), People who understand science and technology are smarter, more competitive, more productive, and more engaged global citizens. (...) - edudemic, by Katie Lepi on 2013-04-22

 

 

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UK: Visa policy warning

From www.nature.com - December 21, 2012 7:14 AM

Tightened immigration controls may put graduate courses at risk.

 

A fall in the number of students entering the United Kingdom could cause problems for graduate courses in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), warns Universities UK (UUK) in London, which represents more than 130 institutions. According to the Office for National Statistics, 8.2% fewer international students arrived in the country in the year to March 2012 than in the previous year. The UUK says that the drop may be linked to changes that make visas harder to get. Jo Attwooll, a policy adviser for the UUK, notes that UK graduate STEM classes have tended to include a lot of non-European students. “Immigration policy could affect the number of students taking these courses and thus their viability,” she says. (...) - Naturejobs, Nature 492, 301 (2012), 12 December 2012

 

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Why the Status of Women in STEM Fields Needs to Change

Why the Status of Women in STEM Fields Needs to Change | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From blogs.nature.com - March 6, 1:32 PM

It’s no secret that women are heavily under-represented in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Though the Association for Women in Science reports that 1.3 million women are employed in STEM careers, a 2009 survey by the U.S. Department of Commerce found that those women represent just 24 percent of STEM jobs – and that they earn, on average, 12 percent less than their male counterparts. A 2012 survey of publications on J­STOR, a digital archiving service, discovered that women are also unlikely to be listed as last authors of scholarly articles – especially in the biological sciences, where the rate of female last-authorship is only 16.5 percent.(...) - Soapbox Science, 06 Mar 2013

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