University leadership must prioritise science and knowledge

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LETTER | Go back to basics: why are we academics, and why do we exist at all? 

| My recent comments on the state of our university ecosystem elicited strong responses from many, including a reply from within the Education Ministry.

Instead, I highlighted and continued to emphasise the need to improve the ecosystem and environment for scientific research and innovation of the country. I found that young and bright researchers specifically struggle to re-establish themselves in the academic scene of the home country orFor returning scientists, there is no ecosystem to do big science, in which scientist and stakeholders recognise the big picture.

Regardless if a worthy idea comes from an 18-year-old or a 61-year-old: the value of an idea is in itself, not in who or where it comes from.University leaders and senior professors need to be able to accept criticism from the young or anyone with an open mind, because only this will allow a university to flourish.

 

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