A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills, says SCORE report - April 30, 2012
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) hosted an event at the Chemistry Centre in London last week, at which the science-alliance SCORE launched a report on A levels and science. RSC is a SCORE partner. New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of… Read More
Ronald F van Vollenhoven named Editor-in-Chief of ‘European Musculoskeletal Review’ - April 30, 2012
Healthcare publisher Touch Briefings, UK, has announced the appointment of Prof. Ronald F van Vollenhoven, MD, PhD, as Editor-in-Chief of European Musculoskeletal Review, a quarterly review journal. Prof. van Vollenhoven currently serves as Chief, Clinical Trials Unit Department of Rheumatology at the Karolinska University Hospital… Read More
‘Index on Censorship’ shortlisted for Amnesty UK Media Award - April 30, 2012
Index on Censorship, a journal published by SAGE, has been shortlisted for an Amnesty International UK Media Award. "The Art Issue", first published in September 2011, has been shortlisted for a consumer magazine award for three articles which explore how art is challenging censorship and bringing… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 30, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Reproducibility — An Attempt to Test the Psychology Literature Underscores a Growing Fault Line); Joe Wikert (What if DRM Goes Away?); Phil Davis (Universal Citation Paper Lacks Universality); and Kevin (Harvard Libraries join the fight for open access).… Read More
Elsevier releases ChemApps: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis - April 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of ChemApps: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis (SANROS), the second in a new series of apps for iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad based on Elsevier books. The first title, NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White… Read More
Benchmark portal honours WK Health’s Ovid and LWW technical services team as top 100 Center of Excellence - April 27, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that the Technical Services team for its Ovid and LWW journals business has been designated a 2012 Top 100 Center of Excellence from Benchmark Portal, in collaboration with the Center for Customer-Driven Quality, founded at… Read More
