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Robyn Williams: Have you heard about the big fish in our oceans? 90% are now gone. We ve wiped them out, using weapons of war.
Those were the words of Dr Daniel Pauly, the professor who lectured Dr Twiggy Forrest. And more on them in this
Science Show which also goes to Russia, and gives you a romantic musical St Valentine s Day.
First, meet our new Chief Scientist and her take on new jobs coming from research.
Cathy Foley: Jennifer Westacott from the Business Council of Australia is saying that Australia needs to have about five new industries. If you think about what are those new industries, well, you ll see; synthetic biology, quantum industries, hydrogen and vaccine mRNA-type manufacture. There s a whole range of things.
Grand Designs is the British TV programme which displays the most eco-friendly habits, according to new research, and Gangs of London is the least environmentally conscious of 45 shows.
UK universities and colleges escalate attacks on jobs and pay as Johnson government reopens unsafe campuses
UK universities and colleges are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to cut jobs and attack pay and conditions for teaching staff.
At least 12 universities are planning redundancies. At the University of Leicester 60 jobs are being cut, with 47 jobs being cut at the University of Liverpool and 34 jobs at the University of Dundee. Redundancies are expected at the University of Leeds, Newcastle University, the University of Central Lancashire, and Solent University and the University of London.
University administrations claim that job losses are required in order to remain financially sustainable and to deal with the fallout from the pandemic. At the University of Liverpool, 47 jobs are to go with management claiming it will “increase academic quality”. The reality is that the cuts are central to the marketisation and privatisation of the sector that has proceeded a
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6th grader s website and its unexpected success Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
08/03/2021 15:00 GMT+7
A free website with a homework search engine was launched in 2013 by a boy in the 6th grade.
After seven years, he now owns a website with tens of thousands of daily active users, which needs 23 employees to operate. The website has now turned into a project named Selfomy with three main products that answer questions from grades 6 to 12, shares knowledge about learning; and allows texting and helps people make friends.
All are completely free.
That 6th grade boy was Bui Le Chi Bao (19 years old), a student at Goldsmiths University, University of London (UK).