10th European Quality Assurance Forum

10th European Quality Assurance Forum:



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EUA Webinar: The ESG 2015 - consequences for universities

EUA Webinar: The ESG 2015 - consequences for universities:



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EUA Webinar: Bologna Process in 2015

EUA Webinar: Bologna Process in 2015:



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Report on French higher education strategy now available

Report on French higher education strategy now available:



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Edições Tinta da China - Livro de colega da UBI. Recomenda-se.

Edições Tinta da China - Livro:






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IOP Conferences Topical Research Meeting - Physical Principles of Biological and Active Systems 6 - 7 January 2016, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Organised by the Institute of Physics together with the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics

IOP Conferences:

This meeting will feature a series of keynote presentations from senior figures in the physics of biological and active systems.

Confirmed speakers:

• Robert Austin (Princeton)
• Tobias Bollenbach (IST Austria)
• Ray Goldstein (Cambridge)
• Jean-François Joanny (Institut Curie)
• Rhoda Hawkins (Sheffield)
• Cristina Marchetti (Syracuse)
• Ben Simons (Cambridge)
• Joel Stavans (Weizmann Institute)

The complete line-up of speakers will be announced in due course.

In addition to the keynote talks, participants will have the opportunity to contribute to focus sessions on antimicrobial resistance, collective dynamics of motile organisms and subcellular statistical physics. A small number of contributions will be selected as short oral presentations in these sessions.

Other contributions can be presented as posters for the duration of the topical meeting. Contributions relevant to the physical principles of biological and active systems falling outside these three topical areas may also be submitted as poster presentations. We particularly encourage submissions from - and may give priority to - early career researchers (PhD students and postdoctoral researchers).

The topics covered in each of these sessions is as detailed below. The focus sessions will not run in parallel, so please aim your contribution at a broad audience.

• Focus Session 1. Antimicrobial resistance
  Chair: Dr Bartek Waclaw
  The session will provide a forum to discuss recent applications of physics to biological evolution and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The topics will include (but do not have to be restricted to) new single-cell imaging methods in AMR research, physical methods of quantifying AMR, experimental and mathematical models of the evolution and transmission of AMR, and statistical characterization of AMR fitness landscapes.
  
• Focus Session 2. Collective dynamics of motile organisms
  Chair: Prof Davide Marenduzzo
  This section will be focussed on multiscale descriptions of suspensions of self-motile active particles or organisms, and their emerging collective behaviour. The topics will include (but not be restricted to): statistical mechanics of bacterial suspensions; hydrodynamics of active gels and active fluids; models for cell motility and for collective behaviour in cells and cell suspensions; collective behaviour in systems of dividing cells or bacterial colonies.
  
• Focus Session 3. Subcellular statistical physics
  Chair: Prof Martin Evans
  The session will be focussed on the subcellular arena where nonequilibrium conditions and stochasticity are the norm. The topics will include (but not be restricted to): active transport in biological systems; gene regulation; number fluctuations at small concentrations of messenger molecules; biochemical networks and their dynamics; search processes and their efficiency; modelling of intra- and intercellular signalling.

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The ''Higgs Pizza''. Will a supersymmetric pizza follow? A Napoli debutta la pizza del Bosone di Higgs, inventata da un fisico partenopeo - Adnkronos

A Napoli debutta la pizza del Bosone di Higgs, inventata da un fisico partenopeo - Adnkronos: "A Napoli debutta la pizza del Bosone di Higgs, inventata da un fisico partenopeo"




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Overworked and isolated - work pressure fuels mental illness in academia | Higher Education Network | The Guardian

Overworked and isolated - work pressure fuels mental illness in academia | Higher Education Network | The Guardian:



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Impact of Social Sciences – Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to choosing article titles

Impact of Social Sciences – Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to choosing article titles:



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Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to writing good abstracts

Impact of Social Sciences – Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to writing good abstracts:




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How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco

Impact of Social Sciences – Book Review: How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco:



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The onset of the REF means that developing an academic publishing strategy is vital

Impact of Social Sciences – The onset of the REF means that developing an academic publishing strategy is vital:



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Researchers are not ‘hoodwinked’ victims. All choose to play the publishing game and some can choose to change it.

Impact of Social Sciences – Researchers are not ‘hoodwinked’ victims. All choose to play the publishing game and some can choose to change it.:



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Impact of Social Sciences – The research-teaching nexus is taken for granted, but not well-understood or developed in practice.

Impact of Social Sciences – The research-teaching nexus is taken for granted, but not well-understood or developed in practice.:



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Give Us a Voice in Our Own Future - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Give Us a Voice in Our Own Future - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

a bit controversial. What do you think?



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Impact of Social Sciences – Why Do Research? Mapping the futures of Higher Education through the CUNY map of New York City.

Impact of Social Sciences – Why Do Research? Mapping the futures of Higher Education through the CUNY map of New York City.:



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Five reasons the Teaching Excellence Framework is bad news for higher education

Impact of Social Sciences – Five reasons the Teaching Excellence Framework is bad news for higher education:



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The rejection of metrics for the REF does not take account of existing problems of determining research quality.

Impact of Social Sciences – The rejection of metrics for the REF does not take account of existing problems of determining research quality.:



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Evaluation systems need not be perfect: University research assessment and the ongoing quest for simplicity.

Impact of Social Sciences – Evaluation systems need not be perfect: University research assessment and the ongoing quest for simplicity.:



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Was the REF a waste of time? Strong relationship between grant income and quality-related funding allocation.

Impact of Social Sciences – Was the REF a waste of time? Strong relationship between grant income and quality-related funding allocation.:



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Academics, you need to be managed. It's time to accept that | Higher Education Network | The Guardian

Academics, you need to be managed. It's time to accept that | Higher Education Network | The Guardian: "Academics, you need to be managed. It's time to accept that If we ask about their research, academics accuse us of ‘neo-liberalised surveillance’. But we have an academic background too, and need their support"




It is a bit controversial. But worthy to read!

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Battefeld Consulting: Wissentschaftliche Beratungen

Battefeld Consulting: Wissentschaftliche Beratungen: "Welcome to Drs. Battefeld & Battefeld, Physiker, Partnerschaft we are a young, innovative scientific consultancy. We provide the scientific platform for state of the art progress in research and development with rigorous analytical and computational capabilities. We research for you. Our combined theoretical, computational and experimental physics background enables us to deliver in depth analysis and insights into your research and development projects. We treat each project as unique and provide the stage upon which our customers can determine and refine their objectives with confidence."



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Top 40 countries by the number of scientific papers published : dataisbeautiful

Top 40 countries by the number of scientific papers published : dataisbeautiful:



but check also

Country	Population	GDP(Million USD)	Papers	Papers Per Capita*1000	GDP/Paper
Switzerland	7,997,000	631,183	21,372	2.673	29.533
Denmark	5,590,000	314,889	11,787	2.109	26.715
Sweden	9,517,000	523,804	18,645	1.959	28.094
Norway	5,019,000	499,667	9,207	1.834	54.270
Netherlands	16,770,000	770,067	29,296	1.747	26.286
Australia	22,680,000	1,564,419	38,607	1.702	40.522
Finland	5,414,000	247,389	9,207	1.701	26.870
Singapore	5,312,000	276,520	8,768	1.651	31.537
New Zealand	4,433,000	171,256	6,805	1.535	25.166
Belgium	11,140,000	483,402	16,111	1.446	30.004
Canada	34,880,000	1,821,445	49,947	1.432	36.468
United Kingdom	63,230,000	2,417,600	90,018	1.424	26.857
Ireland	4,589,000	210,638	6,429	1.401	32.764
Israel	7,908,000	241,069	10,492	1.327	22.976
Austria	8,462,000	394,458	11,011	1.301	35.824
Taiwan	23,340,000	474,149	24,255	1.039	19.549
Germany	81,890,000	3,425,956	82,550	1.008	41.502
United States	313,900,000	16,244,600	310,206	0.988	52.367
Spain	47,270,000	1,322,126	43,300	0.916	30.534
France	65,700,000	2,611,221	57,751	0.879	45.215
Portugal	10,530,000	212,139	9,034	0.858	23.482
Greece	11,280,000	248,941	9,451	0.838	26.340
South Korea	50,000,000	1,129,598	39,285	0.786	28.754
Italy	60,920,000	2,013,392	47,403	0.778	42.474
Czech Republic	10,510,000	196,446	8,163	0.777	24.065
Japan	127,600,000	5,960,180	68,308	0.535	87.254
Poland	38,540,000	489,852	17,186	0.446	28.503
Turkey	74,000,000	788,299	19,753	0.267	39.908
Romania	21,330,000	169,396	5,240	0.246	32.327
Iran	76,420,000	551,588	17,598	0.230	31.344
Malaysia	29,240,000	304,726	6,565	0.225	46.417
Argentina	41,090,000	477,028	6,766	0.165	70.504
Russia	143,500,000	2,029,812	22,926	0.160	88.538
Brazil	198,700,000	2,254,109	27,808	0.140	81.060
South Africa	51,190,000	384,313	6,988	0.137	54.996
PR China	1,351,000,000	8,358,400	142,645	0.106	58.596
Thailand	66,790,000	385,694	5,190	0.078	74.315
Mexico	120,800,000	1,183,655	8,626	0.071	137.219
Egypt	80,720,000	254,671	5,592	0.069	45.542
India	1,237,000,000	1,875,213	39,640	0.032	47.306

as well as, instead,

Country	Population	GDP(Million USD)	Papers	Papers Per Capita*1000	GDP/Paper
Taiwan	23,340,000	474,149	24,255	1.039	19.549
Israel	7,908,000	241,069	10,492	1.327	22.976
Portugal	10,530,000	212,139	9,034	0.858	23.482
Czech Republic	10,510,000	196,446	8,163	0.777	24.065
New Zealand	4,433,000	171,256	6,805	1.535	25.166
Netherlands	16,770,000	770,067	29,296	1.747	26.286
Greece	11,280,000	248,941	9,451	0.838	26.340
Denmark	5,590,000	314,889	11,787	2.109	26.715
United Kingdom	63,230,000	2,417,600	90,018	1.424	26.857
Finland	5,414,000	247,389	9,207	1.701	26.870
Sweden	9,517,000	523,804	18,645	1.959	28.094
Poland	38,540,000	489,852	17,186	0.446	28.503
South Korea	50,000,000	1,129,598	39,285	0.786	28.754
Switzerland	7,997,000	631,183	21,372	2.673	29.533
Belgium	11,140,000	483,402	16,111	1.446	30.004
Spain	47,270,000	1,322,126	43,300	0.916	30.534
Iran	76,420,000	551,588	17,598	0.230	31.344
Singapore	5,312,000	276,520	8,768	1.651	31.537
Romania	21,330,000	169,396	5,240	0.246	32.327
Ireland	4,589,000	210,638	6,429	1.401	32.764
Austria	8,462,000	394,458	11,011	1.301	35.824
Canada	34,880,000	1,821,445	49,947	1.432	36.468
Turkey	74,000,000	788,299	19,753	0.267	39.908
Australia	22,680,000	1,564,419	38,607	1.702	40.522
Germany	81,890,000	3,425,956	82,550	1.008	41.502
Italy	60,920,000	2,013,392	47,403	0.778	42.474
France	65,700,000	2,611,221	57,751	0.879	45.215
Egypt	80,720,000	254,671	5,592	0.069	45.542
Malaysia	29,240,000	304,726	6,565	0.225	46.417
India	1,237,000,000	1,875,213	39,640	0.032	47.306
United States	313,900,000	16,244,600	310,206	0.988	52.367
Norway	5,019,000	499,667	9,207	1.834	54.270
South Africa	51,190,000	384,313	6,988	0.137	54.996
PR China	1,351,000,000	8,358,400	142,645	0.106	58.596
Argentina	41,090,000	477,028	6,766	0.165	70.504
Thailand	66,790,000	385,694	5,190	0.078	74.315
Brazil	198,700,000	2,254,109	27,808	0.140	81.060
Japan	127,600,000	5,960,180	68,308	0.535	87.254
Russia	143,500,000	2,029,812	22,926	0.160	88.538
Mexico	120,800,000	1,183,655	8,626	0.071	137.219

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