First Young Science In Transition theme meeting a success

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Annemijn Algra, on behalf of Young SiT
on Monday 07 January 2019

Wednesday morning, Dec 12, 2018 – a diverse group of young biomedical scientists called ‘Young Science in Transition’ (YSiT) gathered for the first theme meeting about ca...

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Netherlands develop new approach to reco...

on Monday 10 December 2018

In a broad and significant movement, major research organisations in The Netherlands, will  integrate and stimulate the development of a ew approach to recognising and rewarding academics. The VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands), NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Rese...

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Upcoming: Open Science Festival in Amste...

on Thursday 20 September 2018

On October 18th 2018 the first edition of the Open Science Festival will be organized at the VU in Amsterdam: a joint effort by university libraries, SURF, the National Platform Open Science and the Dutch Promovendi Network. Many young scientists are interested in Open Science and its possibilities,...

These are the six principles for assessing scientists

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on Friday 22 June 2018

We all know the problem: when hiring or promoting scientists, you will never know who’s contribution will be the greatest and we also know that publication volume is not the best –although by far the easiest – indicator of quality. For this rea...

DORA – an interview with Stephen Curry

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on Saturday 21 April 2018

DORA (The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) was founded in 2012 and has garnered thousands of signatories from individuals and organisations. Its main aim is to improve the way in which the quality of research output is evaluated. Ste...

It’s time for change

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on Sunday 08 April 2018

Stephen Curry, professor of structural biology at Imperial College London criticizes the current way scientific research is evaluated. As chair of the San Francisco Decleration on Research Assessment Group (DORA) he urges real change. “We have to g...

Start reading in stead of counting papers

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on Thursday 29 March 2018

The Health Council of the Netherlands recently concluded that not nearly all fields of research get the attention they deserve. Public health research and rehabilitation medicine have lost to genetics of autism or molecular cancer research. Frank Mie...

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