IET launches first-of-its-kind mobile e-learning platform for engineers - June 12, 2018
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a first-of-its-kind online learning platform which offers engineers and employers comprehensive, yet flexible engineering courses. With the IET's latest skills survey showing that nearly two thirds of employers struggle to recruit engineers with the right skills,… Read More
The CCDC appoints Jürgen Harter as CEO - June 12, 2018
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced that Jürgen Harter has accepted the position of CEO. Jürgen is a highly commercially driven scientist, who has acquired more than 20 years of life sciences, information technology, and big data expertise in the biopharmaceutical domains by working… Read More
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, predicts Jisc chief executive - June 11, 2018
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, chief executive at Jisc Paul Feldman predicted at a conference recently. Speaking during a session exploring the challenges for the sector posed by artificial intelligence, Feldman described how little more than two decades after the internet… Read More
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft signs up as sustainable funder - June 11, 2018
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced that Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has signed up to the growing list of organisations who have committed funds, via SCOSS, to support DOAJ on its way to a sustainable form of funding and future. According to Angela Holzer,… Read More
Prof. Mark Galizio named as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior - June 8, 2018
UNCW psychology professor Mark Galizio has been named as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. JEAB, a peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology, was founded in 1958 by the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and is still considered the pre-eminent… Read More
COAR and DuraSpace launch collaborative partnership - June 7, 2018
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and DuraSpace have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership. Both organisations are jointly committed to supporting the adoption of repository platforms that are interoperable, compliant with international standards and protocols, and reflect the vision of next generation… Read More
