Here are some more ideas for the Essay Competition. Please note- we WILL NOT publish your essays without your express permission. I want to gain a better understanding of what is important to you as a scientist in Asia. Don’t forget, $1000 is up for grabs! Scroll to the next post for details!
1. Religion, Ethics and Students: In your life science program at your institution…* What is the approx breakdown of religious preferences of students in your life science department at your institution (Buddhist, Christian, Islam, Hindu, etc.) * What concerns have surfaced in your experience, either at your current institution or others that you are aware of? * How are issues of life science ethics, religion or ideology discussed or debated at your institution? In the classroom? Freely outside of class? Only among like-minded? Not on campus? * Do religious differences if any, agree or clash on ethical issues? * How have you seen attitudes of religion, ethics and ideology change over the course study of life science, either in a positive or negative way? * Have any influences external to your institution tried or have had an impact to change or impose ethical, moral or religious standards? Please name and describe the nature of these influences.
2. Student Body Motivations: At your life science program at your institution…
* Describe the demographics of students common in your life science program (age, gender, citizenship, home area, religion, economic background, educational background) * What are the cultural influences? * How diverse are the students? * What motivates students to enter the life science study? * Why do they choose the life science program at your institution? * What motivates your students to educate themselves? * What are the strongest non-financial motivators for students to undertake life science study?
3. Educational Development: At your institution…
* Are you involved with graduate or undergraduate life sciences programs? * What are undergraduate students in life sciences prepared for? What professions or ongoing studies do undergraduate life scientists seek out? In what percentages of each? * What are the strongest and most popular specialties of graduate students at your institutions? What professions or ongoing studies do graduate students seek, in what percentage? * What exposure to lab work do undergraduate and graduate students have at your institution? How important does your institution value practical lab work in life sciences? * What life science specialties or background studies are most sought our or appreciated? Why? * What do you believe are the educations goals of undergraduate and graduate students at your institution?
4. Economic and Political Stability: At your life science program at your institution…
* What external economic or political instability factors currently directly affect or may impact you institution. Please describe. * How do external economic or political instability indirectly affect the life science program at your institution? * How are students in life sciences affected by current external economic or political instability issues at your institution? * How is the life science program affectedly differently by economic or political factors than other courses of study at your institution? * Are there any political factors that impact, divide or unite, support or detract from the study environment in your life science program?
