White Paper on EU Life Science Careers!
As a result of the Youth Conference on European Life Science Careers, the White Paper on EU Life Science Careers has been published and distributed to government representatives across Europe. [Read More...] Read More →
How to solve the education challenge?
While education doesn’t pay well (I am sure this is also the case in Europe), and Germany’s education minister Annette Schavan is asking for engineers from the industry to increase the number of competent teachers, Bill Gates postulates that a countries prosperity is inevitably linked to the quality of its teachers and its education: At YEBN conference, we could see that all over Europe, there is a problem of well-qualified science teachers... [Read More...]
Conference over!
From 11th to 13th of February, 30 Life Science students from all over Europe came together in Frankfurt. During this first Conference on European Life Science Careers, they interacted with stakeholders from academia, companies and government with the aim to promote a dynamic European job market for life scientists. Speakers and discussant were Alexandra Braye, ERASUMS Institutional Coordinator at the University of Heidelberg Dr. Sohail Luka... [Read More...]
“Still huge potential”
Dr. Rolf Peter is involved in the policy making for German universities at national and European level as he is working for the Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (conference of university rectors and presidents) and one of the discussants of the Youth Conference on European Life Sciences Careers. “One of the main problems of student mobility is for sure the recognition of study achievements and foreign degrees. With the Bologna process, this issue... [Read More...]
Let’s stirr the room!
Since next february a congress on careers in life sciences is taking place, we’ll have to discuss about the Bologna process, which is, by all means, the leading actor in the transformation of the european higher education arena. The pro’s, meaning, the EU, say that: The Bologna Process aims to create a European Higher Education Area by 2010, in which students can choose from a wide and transparent range of high quality courses and benefit... [Read More...]
Why the link University-Industry is seen by many like a foe?
Students of Life Sciencies may be the more prone to accept a link between Industry and University. Young researchers see their future divided among two possible outcomes: public sector, wich is usually on the lower side, economically speaking; or the private sector, which pays excellent wages. Why the difference? Is joining both -public and private- that we are to fix this? (If there ever was anything to fix in the first place). Many concerned people... [Read More...]
Bad timing?
The Bologna process is being implanted troughout Europe as you read this post. Finally, a big scale experiment consisting on letting University and Industry get closer is taking place. But, is it a bit too late? Not that we can’t get the best of it but: how is the financial crisis going to affect investments in R+D in the LifeSciences in Europe now that hedge funds and risk taking are not common stuff anymore? See also the article on Euractiv Read More →
Education – the students of tomorrow
Has education changed enough to cope with the recent changes in biotechnology? How should the education be like? What are the requests of students, what are those of the industry? We try to find out – together with you. Help us discussing and developing new ideas – for the best conference and a white paper that comes out of it. Use this blog – change biotech-education. Read More →