The Pressure to Succeed: Why Scientists are Prone to Mental Health Issues The Pressure to Succeed: Why Scientists are Prone to Mental Health Issues
If the latest COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world anything, it’s that scientists will be in high demand from now on. This is not only reflective of the need for innovation in Health Sciences but also for specialists that can tackle challenges such as climate change. However, as the globe requests more help from STEM experts, the same people are facing a mental health crisis as never seen before.
According to the reports published by UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona in 2014 and 2015, over 50% of the interviewed have an unhealthy work-life balance. The data collected by both institutions emphasised how little is done to encourage students to take a step back from their studies and focus on their personal lives. Although this may not seem something universities have to do, it is important to realise that mental health is
Universities see sharp rise in applicants from abroad
Eight out of 10 Norwegian universities are experiencing strong growth in the number of applicants from abroad, with demand at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) rising as much as 184% for international programmes.
While OsloMet had 1,454 applicants last year for studies in international social welfare and health policy, international education and development, and applied computer and information technology, this year’s figure is 4,134, a growth of 184%, according to figures revealed by
Khrono.
Other universities are also experiencing a noticeably increased interest from abroad.
“We have received a startlingly large increase in international applicants for masters studies,” Pro-Rector for Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Marit Reitan noted.
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IMAGE: Letizia Jaccheri, a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology s Department of Computer Science, helped launch the IDUN project, designed to help women in computer science and other. view more
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If you ask Letizia Jaccheri what got her interested in computer science as a young girl, she has two ready answers: The first is Pisa, the town in Italy where she was born. Here, engineers built Italy s first home-grown computer, supported by entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti.
The second was a math teacher who taught her, as a 16-year-old, to program a simple handheld Texas Instruments calculator. It was such an important milestone that she even remembers the model number of the little machine, a TI-57.