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"We call upon our colleagues in the homeland and internationally to support our steadfast attempts to defend and preserve our universities for the sake of the future of our people, and our ability to remain on our Palestinian land in Gaza. We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again."
#palestine #gaza #AcademicMastondon #academia #AcademicFedi #Scholasticide
Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world
We call on our supporters to help us resist the Israeli campaign of scholasticide and rebuild our universities.Gaza Academics and Administrators (Al Jazeera)
How can we improve #accessibility for scientific conferences? This short guide by Ulla McClurg covers many of the issues that organisers (and attendees) can consider.
A short guide to addressing accessibility at scientific conferences
Summary: Solutions to improve the accessibility of scientific conferences are proposed, including designated accessibility officers, accessibility checklists and measures to avoid personal disclosures of disability.McClurg, Urszula Lucja (The Company of Biologists)
Funding research, fighting divestment
"Details about oil majors contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to top universities to build relationships that could help the industry avoid taking climate action were inside thousands of pages of documents unveiled Tuesday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Budget committees.Of the files released Tuesday, many show the extraordinary lengths energy giants have gone to in order to maintain public support for the oil industry — a major employer that’s also one of the nation’s top corporate climate polluters.
Companies have acknowledged, then flat-out ignored, stark warnings about the fate of the planet in relation to their activities."
Big Oil document dump spotlights industry influence in academia
#academia #climate #AcademicChatter
Big Oil document dump spotlights industry influence in academia - E&E News by POLITICO
Democrats will focus on what they see as damning evidence of the industry's inaction on climate change during a hearing Wednesday.Emma Dumain, Corbin Hiar (E&E News)
