Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 11:02
https://lemmy.world/post/28643919

Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom

Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration.

Following in the footsteps of multiple institutions across Europe, the Research Council of Norway on Wednesday launched a 100m kroner (£7.2m) fund to make it easier to recruit researchers from other countries.

The initiative is open to researchers from around the world, but it was expanded and accelerated after the Trump administration announced substantial cuts last month.

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SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml on 24 Apr 11:13 next collapse

Norway launches scheme to take advantage of how stupid American politics has become.

FIFY

floofloof@lemmy.ca on 24 Apr 11:55 next collapse

Canada needs to do the same, and not elect the guy who promises to do everything Trump is doing.

brendansimms@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 14:46 collapse

A well advertised Canadian Scientific Job Fair hosted in the DC region would probably be packed full

Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 11:57 next collapse

scheme

Oh no, what dastardly plan could they be concocting? Respecting science? Research based decision making? Affordable lifestyle?! These 'wegians truly are the most crafty of villains!

wheelie@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:08 next collapse

Is scheme a devious word to you?

Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:12 next collapse

I’ve honestly never heard it used in a way that doesn’t imply “bad”.

Bad guys scheme, good guys plan.

wheelie@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:19 next collapse

So it’s never used as a noun?

bassomitron@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:39 next collapse

It is used as a noun in the US, but its use as such is not nearly as common as words like, “initiative,” “plan,” or, “program,” in this context.

KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:39 next collapse

Yeah, but only in a negative, bad guy, context.

EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space on 24 Apr 12:42 collapse

It is but with inherent negative connotations.

One schemes to get away with shady shit but plans to do good things.

taladar@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 13:00 collapse

Fun fact: the protocol part of each URL (http/https at the start) is officially called the scheme too. So I guess technically you scheme every time you click a link.

barsoap@lemm.ee on 24 Apr 16:10 collapse

And then there’s the whole scheme language. With PLT Scheme’s main dialect of the language sufficiently deviating from the standard, they renamed themselves to Racket.

EonNShadow@pawb.social on 24 Apr 12:14 collapse

‘Scheme’ has that connotation in the US, yeah.

I know publications outside the US use it in a much more neutral manner, but it’s funny to us.

wheelie@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 12:17 collapse

I think you use the word program in its place. But it’s always been scheme to everyone else in the world.

PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 12:33 next collapse

That’s interesting. I’m also in the US and have never heard it used in this context before. Learned something new!

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 13:59 collapse

Even though I know it’s innocent elsewhere, something like “retirement scheme” still suggests some kind of Last Big Heist to me.

SARGE@startrek.website on 24 Apr 13:50 next collapse

A plan or program to accomplish a goal is a scheme, whether it’s beneficial or not.

Handing out flyers that properly define what socialism and communism are with the intent of educating people that they aren’t the boogeyman is still passing out propaganda, even if it’s beneficial and correct.

So yes, scheme is appropriate.

kautau@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 14:00 collapse

Sure, though colloquially as Merriam Webster points out it’s

a plan or program of action, especially a crafty or secret one

Usually if you don’t mean that it’s secretive you’d just say plan

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scheme

saltinejesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Apr 14:51 collapse

Sure, but it’s an article in a British paper and you’re referencing an American dictionary. Brits can use it for the nefarious connotation, but they very commonly use it to mean an officially organized plan / program.

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/scheme

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 13:55 next collapse

Also an American here: The GOP’s scheme to destroy scientific knowledge and deport all who question them is feeding right in to Norway’s plan.

bluesheep@lemm.ee on 24 Apr 14:15 next collapse

Yeah the title really is written in a way to badmouth the norwegians. A “scheme” to “lure” the scientist away. Luckily for the US this dastardly scheme would only work if the scientists were treated bad in their home country!

Oh wait

InvertedParallax@lemm.ee on 24 Apr 14:26 collapse

Scheme is british english for “program” or “arrangement”.

Treetrimmer@sh.itjust.works on 24 Apr 13:44 next collapse

It must suck to be some mid tier researcher

ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Apr 14:27 next collapse

There’s dozens of us! (I wish)

HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 15:51 next collapse

Yeah but soon they’ll be top tier in America

8000gnat@reddthat.com on 24 Apr 16:10 collapse

I’m a bottom researcher, and ready for Norwegian luring

match@pawb.social on 24 Apr 17:00 collapse

what have you learned about bottoms so far?

glitchdx@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 17:56 collapse

idk about 8000gnat, but I’ve learned that bottoms are adorable and deserve love and hugs and affection and

Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Apr 16:49 collapse

The sheer perfidy of the Norwegians, with their dastardly scheme to lure researchers away from US universities … by not treating them like shit.