Saturday, April 23, 2011

Re: [Yasmin_discussions] to PhD or not to PhD

Dear Stewart,
I hope it is true that the book will be
finally published by Springer!!!!

Best regards
Michele

Il giorno 21/apr/11, alle ore 13:47, Stewart Dickson ha scritto:

> Peter Thiel on the "Education Bubble":
> http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/peter-thiel-were-in-a-bubble-and-its-not-the-internet-its-higher-education
>
> On 4/21/11 4:28 AM, roger malina wrote:
>> yasminers
>>
>> you will remember our yasmin discussion
>> last year "to PhD or not to PhD" and how
>> the art science educational world is being
>> forced into the science PhD model
>>
>> here is your opportunity to discuss the topic
>> with scientists
>>
>> roger mallina
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Michael Punt<michael.punt@plymouth.ac.uk>
>>
>> Jonathan sent this
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> ------ Forwarded Message
>> From: jonathan zilberg<jonathanzilberg@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:04:48 +0100
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Thought this upcoming debate might be of interest to you concerning
>> doctorate programs in science.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> JZ
>>
>> http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/04/future_of_the_phd_live_q
>> a.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110419
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nature News Alert<Nature_News@ealert.nature.com>
>> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:21:05 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Nature News highlights: 19 April 2011
>> To: jonathanzilberg@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> FUTURE OF THE PHD - LIVE Q&A
>>
>> As part of a special report on the future of the PhD, to be unveiled
>> tomorrow, we will be hosting a live Q&A on Thursday 21 April at 4pm
>> London time. Sign up for an e-mail reminder, and join us to discuss
>> the problems with the science PhD, and whether it needs reinvention.
>>
>>
>> http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=22&m=36523743&r=MzY4Nzg3MDMyNAS2&b=2&j
>> =OTk0OTYyNjgS1&mt=1&rt=0
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