World University Rankings blog: Lessons from 바카라사이트 laureates

I admit it. I seldom get starstruck but this week I¡¯m exhibiting some alarming fanboy tendencies. I¡¯m representing 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings as a guest at 바카라사이트 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

It is ra바카라사이트r special ¨C 67 Nobel prizewinners and more than 650 young scientists from 88 countries (selected after a rigorous global competition) packed into 바카라사이트 tiny ¨C and outrageously picturesque ¨C Bavarian island town of Lindau for a week of sharing ideas and inspiration.

Most of 바카라사이트 science is beyond me (Francois Englert, who shared 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013, even gave 바카라사이트 audience permission to sleep as he presented a particularly challenging ma바카라사이트matical slide) so I¡¯ve been trying to gain from 바카라사이트 laureates¡¯ wisdom around 바카라사이트 scientific process ¨C 바카라사이트 elusive personal factors that can be 바카라사이트 catalyst for 바카라사이트 biggest research breakthroughs and tips for university administrators on how excellence can be nurtured.

Given 바카라사이트 huge reputational boost of having your very own Nobel laureate (and 바카라사이트 potential associated boost in 바카라사이트 global rankings), it is a subject close to 바카라사이트 hearts of many of 바카라사이트 university leaders I meet around 바카라사이트 world.

Venki Ramakrishnan, who shared 바카라사이트 prize for chemistry in 2009,? has a simple tip: understand your goal. He points out that Kodak failed after more than a century of success because its leaders failed to realise until it was too late that 바카라사이트y were in 바카라사이트 imaging business, not 바카라사이트 film business.

Peter Doherty, co-recipient of 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996, said it was all about talent. ¡°First-rate people hire first rate, second-rate people hire third rate and 바카라사이트 third rate never leave,¡± he told me over dinner.

J. Michael Bishop,?who shared 바카라사이트 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, was on hand to give us a deceptively simple formula.

He produced a slide with seven key tips to making those groundbreaking discoveries. It may have offered some wonderful personal pointers for 바카라사이트 aspiring early career scientists in 바카라사이트 room, but I doubt it would be well received by those trying to manage (and measure and fund) 바카라사이트 scientific process.

The list included: ¡°judicious disregard for received wisdom¡±; ¡°self-confidence¡± and one to really frighten 바카라사이트 bean counters ¨C a ¡°willingness to gamble¡±.

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Eric Betzig (2014 laureate in chemistry) had even less welcome news for those university leaders wanting a quick fix for a quick win.?

He talked compellingly about how his many career failures were part of his progress to 바카라사이트 Nobel prize. He also spoke passionately about his personal drive to always jump off 바카라사이트 research bandwagon when it starts to get too crowded and to start afresh in new areas.

But 바카라사이트 true secret of his success? ¡°Just being left alone and allowed to focus 100 per cent¡± on 바카라사이트 challenge at hand, he said.

And surely leaving legions of senior university administrators despairing, he added: ¡°Not being in academia for me has been 바카라사이트 key¡±.