United Kingdom:
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), which is responsible for higher education in the UK, is seeking feedback to help it develop its new science strategy. The DIUS has put together a website for this purpose: interactive.dius.gov.uk/scienceandsociety/. There,...
Posted on July 23, 2008 7:05 PM • 0 Comments •
I'll be on Sky News at about 10:30 BST this Friday to talk about Barack Obama's visit to the UK and his support among Americans living abroad
Posted on July 23, 2008 6:45 PM • 0 Comments •
A shocking overreaction, marked in its absurdity, heavy-handedness, and counterproductivity
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Posted on May 28, 2008 6:15 PM • 2 Comments •
The pro-animal research organization Pro-Test held its third major march today to support animal research and to oppose animal rights extremism
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Posted on February 9, 2008 6:16 PM • 25 Comments •
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, promotes legal exceptionalism through the recognition of sharia law
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Posted on February 8, 2008 6:54 PM • 8 Comments •
Stand up against animal rights extremism and join Pro-Test in support of animal research in Oxford on 9 February.
Posted on February 4, 2008 5:59 PM • 1 Comments •
Americans living abroad can vote for their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.
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Posted on January 28, 2008 4:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Too many bureaucrats and businessmen.
Posted on October 13, 2007 2:40 PM • 0 Comments •
...and then publish a scientific paper!
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Posted on August 28, 2007 6:15 AM • 10 Comments •
A couple of current American Rhodes Scholars ruffled a few feathers today after writing an unabashedly critical account of their Oxford experiences for their undergraduate alma mater's paper, The Harvard Crimson. Melissa Dell and Swati Mylavarapu write: Take it from...
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Posted on February 26, 2007 7:45 PM • 9 Comments •
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is a matter of British pride, despite some minor shortcomings. Strong on preventative and routine medical care, the NHS has on the other hand been criticized for its long waiting lists required for more...
Posted on January 5, 2007 8:12 PM • 1 Comments •
Lines were drawn in the sand, artillery stood armed and ready, and tensions ran high. Neither side was willing to budge, and despite the seemingly endless conflict having already tested the resolve of both sides, it looked like things were only just beginning to get rough. The whole scenario was regrettable--war always is--but it felt inevitable at the time.... Besides, how else was I going to get internet access in my house?
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Posted on August 23, 2006 7:45 AM • 5 Comments •
It has been known officially since 2002 that the sciences are hard, and, as much as we scientists love it when our friends and family tell us how smart and wonderful we must be since they could never understand what...
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Posted on August 18, 2006 8:10 AM • 3 Comments •
I had a great hassle-free trip to the doctor the other day, and it wasn't because I live in some fantasy world. I live in England.
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Posted on July 24, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
I've been following Oxford's pro-research organization Pro-Test since its inception, and a few weeks ago I wrote a post describing its second large march through the streets of Oxford. Pro-Test has received quite a bit of well-deserved press in general,...
Posted on July 2, 2006 5:33 PM • 1 Comments •
Since I've been writing quite a bit lately about
Pro-Test and the response of Oxford scientists to animal rights extremism, it's important to understand
why the current movement is significant, in light of what scientists in Oxford have been facing over the last few years. This post, which takes the reader into the heart of an animal rights protest, attempts to do just that. I think it's also interesting because it offers a unique explanation of the forces motivating the animal rights activists in Oxford.
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Posted on June 14, 2006 10:35 AM • 1 Comments •
When an Oxford professor blamed a lack of general knowledge in the graduate community on its makeup of "unexceptional students", I challenged him on whether the real cause was a degree structure that causes the overspecialization of Oxford students.
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Posted on June 13, 2006 9:21 PM • 6 Comments •
This is a plug for an event that the Oxford University Biochemical Society is putting together. This Monday, June 12th, at 4:00 pm the Oxford University Biochemical Society will be hosting a talk by Nobel Laureate Robert Huber in the...
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Posted on June 10, 2006 10:04 PM • 2 Comments •
Supporters of animal research in Oxford have been silenced for years by the intimidation and fear tactics of animal rights extremists. But, that has all changed in a matter of months, as the pro-research organization Pro-Test took its message to the streets for a second time, on June 3rd. Originally sparked by the Pro-Test's first march in February of this year, this movement has since ignited into a wildfire of support, reaching the highest levels of the UK government, including Prime Minister Tony Blair. What really matters, though, is that this is a grassroots movement that draws on the efforts of ordinary students and citizens, both scientists and non-scientists alike, to give a voice to those who have been quiet for so long.
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Posted on June 9, 2006 12:00 PM • 1 Comments •
An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
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