According to the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, by 2013 the total research funding in China had snowballed into 179 billion dollars. The government will continue to sink more money for scientific research in 2014. Though it is not publicly stated, the country tends to put…>
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Lecturer Of Italian Language At Peking University
Giulia Falato is a Chinese language teacher and PhD student at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She first visited China in 2004 as an exchange student in Shanghai where foreign students were uncommon and scholarships even rarer. Her past experience includes, but is not limited to: a three-month internship in Guangzhou and participation in…>
Chinese Government Initiatives for Recruiting Academic Staff and Developing the HE System
In the last two decades the Chinese government has introduced a number of initiatives aimed at building world class universities. These include the 211 project and the 985 project which were targeted at developing the research capacity of the Chinese higher education system. In addition, the government introduced the Changjiang Scholar and 1000 talents programmes…>
Associate Professor of English at Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
Francesca de Lucia is a Swiss and Italian double national. She grew up in Naples, Italy and holds a PhD in American literature from the University of Oxford, UK.
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham’s China Campus, Ningbo
Alex Newman is presently a Senior Lecturer in Management at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He teaches and has published extensively in the area of business management, with a specific focus on leadership, organizational behaviour and entrepreneurship.
Using Research Skills Outside Academia
So you enjoy research. But you are unsure if an academic career is right for you. How else can you use your research skills? You may find a research post outside academia that uses the full range of your skills – perhaps in a biotech start-up or social policy ‘think tank’. But these opportunities are…>
Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex
Keith Wilson, Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sussex Dr Keith Wilson works in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Sussex as a Lecturer and Tutorial Fellow. Keith completed his PhD at the University of Warwick, where he undertook an exchange with Columbia University in New York…>
Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Bath
Dr Philippe Blondel works in the Department of Physics at the University of Bath where he is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Remote Sensing Laboratory. He is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, joint between Physics and the University’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Philippe teaches undergraduate…>
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Bath
Dr Petra Cameron Lecturer in Physical Chemistry Faculty of Science, University of Bath Dr Petra Cameron works at the University of Bath where she is a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry in the Faculty of Science. Petra is an active scientific researcher and was awarded the Harrison-Meldola memorial prize and medal by the Royal Society…>
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Chester
Dr Wendy Dossett Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Chester Dr Wendy Dossett works at the University of Chester, combining a busy role as a lecturer to undergraduate and postgraduate students with a fascinating research programme. She is part of a small team within the Centre for Faiths and Public Policy…>