scholarly journals Undergraduate research studies program at participating institutions of the HBCU Fossil Energy Consortium. Final report

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.B. Bota
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Fossil Energy ◽  
Research Studies

Comments on the Institute of Medicine's 2002 Report on the Safety of Anthrax Vaccine

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Farrell J. Webb ◽  
Anthony P. Jurich ◽  
Stephan R. Bollman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Final Report ◽  
United States Military ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Anthrax Vaccine ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research Studies

In April 2002, the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences issued a final report on the safety and effectiveness of the anthrax vaccine currently in use by the United States military. It concluded that the present vaccine was completely safe and effective, but ignored evidence of several recent research studies from three different nations that have implicated vaccines, often including anthrax vaccine, in the epidemiology of Gulf War illnesses. Omissions and limitations of that report are discussed.

scholarly journals An evaluation of a STEM summer undergraduate research internship scheme: student-perceived learning gains

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Williams ◽  
Humma Hussain ◽  
Pinali Manojkumar ◽  
Asim Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Learning Gain ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
The Impact

The organisation of a STEM-wide summer undergraduate research internship scheme to ensure equal opportunities for all students is reported. Student engagement in the internship programme is much greater in the Biological, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences (142 applications in 2016) than in Engineering and Computing (30 applications in 2016). To evaluate the impact of the scheme, previous interns were surveyed about their perceived learning gains from doing an internship. Twenty three responses were received from 46 previous interns. The greatest gains were reported for key skills such as: project and time management and working independently. Though the number of responses was small, engineering interns reported lower perceived learning gains than science interns. The survey indicated that perceived gains in key skills such as oral presentation and scientific writing were not rated very highly. In addition, more oral presentation and writing a final report were rated amongst the lowest for changes that might improve the learning gain from doing an internship.Keywords:  Research Internship, learning gain

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