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Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. What can we do?

University Business

Unfortunately for the world of academia, these are not isolated incidents. The post Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. As the news broke, another prominent researcher at Harvard University, lauded for her research on dishonesty, was placed on administrative leave for her allegedly fraudulent research. What can we do?

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UAE seeks ‘global innovation centre’ status in strategy

The PIE News

The UAE’s ministry of education has released an innovation strategy in an attempt to promote “the development of creative ideas and capabilities”. How this will be achieved, or what will be included in the infrastructure, has yet to be announced. “We

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Israel: BGU launches new aid scholarships

The PIE News

Aliyah to Academia is a new and unique annual program, designed for immigrants from Russian-speaking countries aged 17-27, interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering and natural sciences at BGU. It is headed by Louisa Meshi of the Department of Materials Engineering at BGU, who herself immigrated from Ukraine in 1990.