Category: Academia
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Satire: Preprofessors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Junior Reseach Faculty Rise Up! Demand Linguistic Justice! In a stunning turn of events that has sent shockwaves through the hallowed halls of academia, the world’s postdocs — or rather, junior researchers or junior faculty — have united in a historic revolt. Their grievance? A name so confusing, so utterly baffling to…
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Policy: Open-Science
Critically Evaluate the Arguments for and Against the Adoption of Open Science Principles in Different Scientific Disciplines Introduction: Open Science (OS) represents a transformative shift towards greater transparency, accessibility, and collaboration in scientific research. Its principles include open access publishing, open data sharing, open peer review, and open source software development. While OS offers numerous…
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The REF: Research Excellence Framework
[[Please note that this is AI generated, and so may not be 100% accurate.]] What is the REF? The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a quality assessment system used in the United Kingdom to evaluate research output and impact across various higher education institutions (HEIs). It’s a process of expert review that aims to assess…