The New York TImes: Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to Medtronic
A former military doctor and Medtronic consultant at the center of a research scandal did not tell his medical school employer for a year about his Medtronic ties even as he was conducting company-sponsored research, according to that institution, Washington University in St. Louis.
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World University News: CANADA: Phone-calling politician under attack
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council was reviewing its support for a conference on the Middle East, in the wake of a letter-writing campaign by B’Nai Brith Canada. But there were calls for Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear’s resignation, after he phoned the SSHRC asking it to consider another peer review of the conference’s application.
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Journal Sentinel: Faculty disclose outside payments
Some UW doctors get 6-figure sums from drug, medical firms
At least 11 doctors with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health received more than $50,000 from drug or medical device companies last year, including seven who pulled in six-figure amounts, according to records obtained by the Journal Sentinel.
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Inside Higher Ed: Split Over Open Access
In the debate over “open access” to scholarly research, the Association of American University Presses has weighed in on the “anti” side of things, backing legislation that would end a federal requirement that work supported by the National Institutes of Health be available online and free within 12 months of publication.
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Guardian: Captive Knowledge
May 12, 2009 By George Monbiot
The funding for academic research has been taken over by business
Why is the Medical Research Council run by an arms manufacturer? Why is the Natural Environment Research Council run by the head of a construction company? Why is the chairman of a real estate firm in charge of higher education funding for England?
Because our universities are being turned by the government into corporate research departments. No longer may they pursue knowledge for its own sake: now the highest ambition to which they must aspire is finding better ways to make money.
The New York Times: State Colleges Also Face Cuts in Ambitions
TEMPE, Ariz. — When Michael Crow became president of Arizona State University seven years ago, he promised to make it “The New American University,” with 100,000 students by 2020. It would break down the musty old boundaries between disciplines, encourage advanced research and entrepreneurship to drive the new economy, and draw in students from underserved sectors of the state.
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The Guardian: Top universities face cuts in research funding
Top universities including Imperial College London, University College London and Cambridge face substantial cuts this year after losing out in the allocation of £1.6bn of research funding.
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