Since 2008 the CAS-IP blog published some 480 posts, and received as many comments. But everything has an ending and now it’s time for us to say goodbye… it’s been a great journey! As ...
I received a notice from the Hutton Institute who are offering two fully funded PhD studentships for international students in 2012. Topics include: plant genetics, plant pathogens, land use, s...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/two-fully-funded-phd-opportunities/
The European Commission project IP4inno is offering a series of free Virtual Classroom Lessons (VCLs) during February and March. These virtual sessions are tasters for training that will take pla...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/ip4inno-training-free-online-sessions/
A colleague from Moi University, Josam Musambayi contacted me recently with an outline for a paper he is writing on demarcation. Whilst demarcation of land is not a topic we would normally cove...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/request-for-input-demarcation-and-food-security/
The discussion of the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been causing plenty of noise online. Wikipedia is planning a strike this week – for 24 hours they are going to pull the plug on thei...
“Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist…” – harsh words from George Monboit (a writer for the Guardian). Good to see such a high-profile piece pushing Open Access. Of ...
This week I caught up with an episode of a BBC podcast “Peter Day’s World of Business” that was all about intellectual property. As you would expect the issue of copyright in the digital ec...
Last month BioMed Central ran an event to coincide with Open Access Week. In true open access style they have now made all the presentations available: “Open Access Africa 2011, hosted by Bio...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/info-and-presentations-from-open-access-africa-2011/
New Englanders both enjoy and take great pride in their maple syrup. In response to the appearance of “fake” syrup claiming to originate in Vermont, local senators have sponsored the propos...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/the-maple-agriculture-protection-and-law-enforcement-act/
The following is a press release of interest from “Knowledge Exchange” – “a co-operative effort that supports the use and development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) ...
https://casipblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/addressing-legal-barriers-in-sharing-of-research-data/