MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bollocks'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013535&cid=t_200868_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fthere-is-i-in-team-if-you-look.html The "i" in "TEAM" by pharmagossipCreate custom t shirts using zazzle (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013535 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:12:00 +0100 4013535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625508&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3120 I was asked recently to write a reply to an article about "research managers" for the magazine Research Fortnight. This is a magazine that carries news of research and has a very useful list of potential research funding agencies. The article to which I was asked to respond originally had the title “Researchers and Research Managers, a match made in heaven?“, before the subeditors got hold of it. It was written by Simon Kerridge, who is secretary of the Association for Research Managers and Administrators The printed version of his article can be downloaded here, and the printed version of my response here. My response, as submitted, is below with live links. This invitation came at a strangely appropriate time, just at the moment that every unversity is having serio... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625508 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:01:00 +0100 3625508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071160&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2485 Conclusion 62 It is for these reasons that we uphold the Decision Notice. We record our gratitude for the helpful and succinct submissions of counsel on both sides and the incisive contribution of Professor Colquhoun. We wish to add that, whilst we have not accepted the great majority of the arguments advanced by UCLAN, we do not in any way seek to cast doubt on the veracity of the evidence of its witnesses, nor the honesty and loyalty with which they have sought to serve its interests. 63 Our decision is unanimous. Signed David Farrar Q.C.   Watch this space to see what can now be revealed. Follow-up (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071160 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:34:49 +0100 3071160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757755&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2131 This report outlines areas of potential consensus to guide research funders, researchers, commissioners and complementary practitioners in developing and applying a robust evidence base for complementary practice.” As happens so often, there is implicit in this sentence the assumption that if you spend enough money evidence will emerge. That is precisely contrary to the experence in the USA where spending a billion dollars produced nothing beyond showing that a lot of things we already thought didn’t work were indeed ineffective. And inevitably, and tragically, NICE’s biggest mistake is invoked. “It is noteworthy that the evidence is now sufficiently robust for NICE to include acupuncture as a treatment for low back pain.” [p ] Did the advisory group not read... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757755 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:33:41 +0100 2757755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576593&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1871 Now back to the Ed Biz, for a moment.  An article in Times Higher Education last week caused something of a stir. V-cs’ candid views slip out online. 2 July 2009 By Zöe Corbyn Prematurely released paper reveals fears of staff revolution and desire to cash in, writes Zöe Corbyn The article refers to a paper that appeared on the web site of the journal Higher Education Quarterly. It is Perspectives of UK Vice-Chancellors on Leading Universities in a Knowledge-Based Economy by Lynn Bosetti, University of Calgary, and Keith Walker, University of Saskatchewan. The paper quotes ten different university vice-chancellors (presidents) of UK universities. Some of the comments caused quite a stir when they were quoted anonymously in an article in Times Higher Education. But the... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576593 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:01:42 +0100 2576593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523000&cid=t_200868_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1796 We report the findings from a quality based review, with a strong strategic overview, on the use of “note pads” across all service user interfaces. This involved extensive consultation with focus groups and key stakeholders at blue sky thinking events (previously erroneously known as brain storming). This quality assured activity has precipitated some heavy idea showers, allowing opinion leaders to generate a national framework of joined-up thinking. This will take this important quality agenda forward. A 1000 page report is available to cascade to all relevant stakeholders. The concentric themes underpinning this review are of confidentiality. Notes have been found on the visual interface devices on computers and writing workstations throughout the NHS work space. Although no ... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523000 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:21:01 +0100 2523000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414826&cid=t_200868_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1284 The Health Professions Council (HPC) is yet another regulatory quango. The HPC’s strapline is “Working with health professionals to protect the public” At present the HPC regulates; Arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, prosthetists/orthotists, radiographers and speech & language therapists. These are thirteen very respectable jobs. With the possible exception of art therapists, nobody would doubt for a moment that they are scientific jobs, based on evidence. Dietitians, for example, are the real experts on nutrition (in contrast to “nutritional therapists” and the like, who are part of... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414826 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:12 +0100 2414826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414828&cid=t_200868_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1191 BSc courses in homeopathy are closing. Is it a victory for campaigners, or just the end of the Blair/Bush era? The Guardian carries a nice article by Anthea Lipsett, The Opposite of Science (or download pdf of print version). Dr Peter Davies, dean of Westminster’s school of integrated health, says “he welcomes the debate but it isn’t as open as he would like.” Well you can say that again. The University of Westminster has refused to send me anything much, and has used flimsy excuses to avoid complying with the Freedom of Information Act. Nevertheless a great deal has leaked out. Not just amethysts emit hig Yin energy, but a whole lot more (watch this space). Given what is already in the public, arena, how can they possibly say things like this? “Those t... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414828 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:27:51 +0100 2414828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2205541&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1170 It is almost six months now since I posted Quackery creeps into good universities too -but through Human Resources. One example given there was the University of Leicester. This is an excellent university.  It does first class research and it was the alma mater of the incomparable David Attenborough who [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2205541 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:19:10 +0100 2205541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2201499&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1153 From time to time, Private Eye Magazine takes a look at university vice-chancellors (aka presidents/rectors/principals) in its High Principals column. The current issue (No, 1239, 20, Feb - 5 Mar, 2009) features Professor Geoffrey Petts, vice-chancellor of the University of Westminster, Well well. Who’d have thought such things were possible? Follow-up (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2201499 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:32:34 +0100 2201499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1902367&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D260 Thames Valley University is one of those shameful institutions that offer Bachelor of Science degrees in homeopathy. They don’t stop there though. They’ll teach you several other forms of make-believe medicine. Among these is “nutritional medicine”. This is taught at the Plaskett Nutritional Medicine College which is now part of Thames Valley University. Everyone is for [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1902367 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:43:58 +0100 1902367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853935&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D258 We know all about the sixteen or so universities that run “BSc” degrees in hokum. They are all “post-1992″ universities, which used to be polytechnics. That is one reason why it saddens me to see them destroying their own attempts to achieve parity with older universities by running courses that I would regard as plain [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853935 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:59 +0100 1853935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1763877&cid=t_200868_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F04%2Fis-mental-illness-relevant-in-reporting-a-crime%2F Liz Spikol comments on the media’s reporting of a horrible and tragic shooting in Alger, Washington on Tuesday by 28-year-old Isaac Zamora. Philip chimes in over at Furious Seasons. Both suggest that mental illness is a relevant fact to the story, because it helps explain the criminal activity. I say “Bollocks!” A person’s mental illness no more “explains” someone’s criminal activity than someone who has no such history of an illness. Spikol says, for instance: If that’s what made him [the murderer] go on a rampage–a disconnect from reality–that’s information. It sure is. But what kind of information? Most people who have a disconnect from reality (virtually anyone diagnosed with schizophrenia or a psychotic disorder) ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1763877 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:50:19 +0100 1763877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1760355&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D252 After the announcement that the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) was suspending its homeopathy “BSc” course, it seems that their vice chancellor has listened to the pressure, both internal and external, to stop bringing his university into disrepute. An internal review of all their courses in alternative medicine was announced shortly after the course  closure.   Congratulations [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1760355 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:07:16 +0100 1760355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1764448&cid=t_200868_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D252 After the announcement that the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) was suspending its homeopathy “BSc” course, it seems that their vice chancellor has listened to the pressure, both internal and external, to stop bringing his university into disrepute. An internal review of all their courses in alternative medicine was announced shortly after the course  closure.   Congratulations [...] (Source: DC's Improbable Science) DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1764448 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:20:14 +0100 1764448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734446&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D249 Jump to follow-up The first major victory in the battle for the integrity of universities seems to have been won. This email was sent by Kate Chatfield who is module leader for the “BSc” in homeopathic medicine at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). from Kate Chatfield… Dear All, It’s a sad day for us here at UCLan [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734446 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:20:16 +0100 1734446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1714470&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D246 This post is written in part as a distraction from a plague of lawyers, in New Zealand, here in the UK, and now in the USA (my movie, Integratative baloney@Yale, has recently been removed from YouTube. More on that coming soon). The duty of an advocate is to take fees, and in return for those [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1714470 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:13 +0100 1714470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1532074&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D235 A report has appeared on Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine. The report is written by people all of whom have vested interests in spreading quackery. It shows an execrable ability to assess evidence, and it advocates degrees in antiscience It would fail any examination. Sorry, Prof Pittilo, [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1532074 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:15 +0100 1532074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1446635&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D231 The extent to which irrationality has become established in US Medicine is truly alarming I wrote about Quakademics in the USA and Canada on my last trip to the USA, and on my May trip I visited Yale, where I decided to try a full [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1446635 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:15:37 +0100 1446635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1362540&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D226 This is a fuller version, with links, of the comment piece published in Times Higher Education on 10 April 2008. If you still have any doubt about the problems of directed research, look at the trenchant editorial in Nature (3 April, 2008. Look also at the editorial in Science by Bruce [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1362540 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:50:02 +0100 1362540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1341196&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D225 This is an old joke whuch can be found in many places on the web. I came across it in an article by Gustav Born in 2002 (BIF Futura, 17, 78 - 86) and reproduce what he said. It has never been more relevant, so it’s well worth repeating. The title [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1341196 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:28:02 +0100 1341196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1252695&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D220 This afternoon I went to the Coliseum to see a revival of Jonathan Miller’s 1986 production of the Mikado. It was beautifully staged. The well-known patter song of Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner of Japan, begged for a version that deals with anti-science (original here). The serious post will come later. [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1252695 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:16:44 +0100 1252695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1238293&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D219 This is the third post based on a recent trip to North America (here are the first and second) One aspect of the endarkenment, the Wal-Mart model of a university, is very much the same in the US as in the UK. At one US university, an excellent scientist offered the theory that an alien spacecraft [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1238293 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:36:35 +0100 1238293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1197585&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D216 This is the first of a several posts that have arisen from a visit to North America. One thing that the trip led to was an interest in how HR departments influence science -if you have a story about that, please email me. Following the media publicity that surrounded the lecture in Toronto, I [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1197585 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:12:43 +0100 1197585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142877&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D215 As I have often said, you don’t need to be a scientist to see that most alternative medicine is bunk, though it is bunk that is supported and propagated by an enormously wealthy industry.. There were two good examples this week, John Sutherland, who was until recently professor of English literature at UCL, understands it very [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142877 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:24:23 +0100 1142877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1009694&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D193 The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education: part 2. Scientists are no longer perceived exclusively as guardians of objective truth, but also as smart promoters of their own interests in a media-driven marketplace. Haerlin & Parr, Nature, 1999, 400, 499. This is a continuation of the previous post on Universities Inc, but with two examples from the UK. University [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009694 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:21:31 +0100 1009694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1010770&cid=t_200868_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D192 The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education: part 1 The next post is about examples from the UK. Academic biologists and corporate researchers have become indistinguishable, and special awards are now given for collaborations between these two sectors for behavior that used to be cited as a conflict of interest. Richard Strohman, 1999. Every academic, and especially every university administrator, [...] (Source: DC's Improbable Science) DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010770 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:39:31 +0100 1010770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007821&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D192 The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education Academic biologists and corporate researchers have become indistinguishable, and special awards are now given for collaborations between these two sectors for behavior that used to be cited as a conflict of interest. Richard Strohman, 1999. Every academic, and especially every university administrator, should read this book. Although it is entirely about the [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007821 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:39:31 +0100 1007821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914825&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D19 “More efficient administration” seems always to generate a lot of highly paid jobs that are for people who do neither research or teaching. Everywhere you look. there are advertisements for Faculty Administrators and Division Heads I was about to say that ‘only time will tell whether the benefits of all [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914825 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:09:12 +0100 914825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914826&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D20 This is the title of a paper by Andrew D Oxman, David L Sackett, Iain Chalmers, Trine E Prescott (J R Soc Med 2005;98:563–568). Yes, the third author is Sir Iain Chalmers, the distinguished health services researcher, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, and Editor of the James Lind Library. Download the paper. Summary Background [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914826 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:33:03 +0100 914826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914827&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D18 This post is nerdy university politics stuff, but it matters a lot to some of us. I have always been impressed by the lack of interest that management theorists, and education theorists, show in subjecting their ideas to empirical tests. Edinburgh University was one of the first to go down the path down which other [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914827 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:14:40 +0100 914827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914828&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D17 This article appeared on 15th August 2007, on the Guardian Science web site.View » The Guardian made very few cuts to the original version, but removed a lot of the links. If you want to have [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914828 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:00:59 +0100 914828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914829&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D13 Peter A. Lawrence of the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge haswritten a beautifully argued article, The Mismeasurement of Science. It appeared in Current Biology, August 7, 2007: 17 (15), r583. It should be read by every scientist. Even more importantly, it should be read by [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914829 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:40:25 +0100 914829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914830&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D16 That is the title of a paper in the BMJ (11 August 2007, 335, 304) by Anisur Rahman (reader in rheumatology, University College London). He points out the strong disincentives to collaborative work that now exist. One disincentive is the enormous amounts of documentation that is now needed for any sort [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914830 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:30:53 +0100 914830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914831&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D12 The UK government, and UK vice chancellors, are exerting a lot of pressure to increase industrial funding in Universities. So far they haven’t listened at all to suggestions that research and commerce don’t mix well. It is asking too much of human nature to think that judgment about an experiment will not be influenced [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914831 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:11:52 +0100 914831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914832&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D4 An extended version of an article that appeared in the Times Higher Education Supplement (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914832 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:55:39 +0100 914832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914833&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D11 When one thinks of the cult of managerialism, one name that comes to mind is Howard Newby. During his time at HEFCE, research funding became enormously concentrated, rather than being spent on good work wherever it occurred. But Newby is not a scientist, so I suppose he just doesn’t understand how it’s done. [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914833 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:30:12 +0100 914833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914834&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D10 One reason for bad science reporting is that journalists rely too much on press releases from university ‘media departments’. Their output often seems more akin to advertising than to science. A recent example came from a poor report in the Independent that seemed designed to fuel “electrosmog” hysteria. But the press release from Imperial College [...] (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914834 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:34:46 +0100 914834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914835&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D8 An interesting piece about reorganisation, by Richard Layard of LSE, in the Guardian.14 July 2007.. Here is a quotation. (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914835 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:40:02 +0100 914835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=914836&cid=t_200868_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2Fgoodscience%2F%3Fp%3D7 One problem with the corporatisation of univerities is that it creates groups that are so large that their heads lose contact with scholarship. There is a perfect example in an advertisement for the Head of the Medical Sciences Division at Oxford. (Source: DC's goodscience) DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=914836 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:30:46 +0100 914836