Branding is the exercise of summarizing an organization’s culture to attract a particular type of employee, collaborator or funder. The post The purpose of branding in science appeared first on University Affairs.

There is an opportunity to learn from dramatic changes in behaviour that have been imposed on us. The post On lockdown and no international travel – I’ve been grounded and learned some lessons appeared first on University Affairs.

The academic community is at risk of losing a large percentage of researchers, unless institutions and funding agencies start implementing proactive solutions. The post Leadership in response to COVID-19: anticipating the fallout appeared first on University Affairs.

There’s evidence that increasing diversity within science might directly enhance the scientific enterprise, but in order to do so, we need to acknowledge our implicit biases. The post How our current approach to science pushes people away – Part 2 appeared first on University Affairs.

We would like to see major organizations make their reviewer comments available to other funding organizations for grants that “just missed” getting funded. The post Funding more ‘fundable’ research, an opportunity for targeted funding organizations appeared first on University Affairs.