Interdisciplinary research centres?centres of excellence or contention?

Curriculum for Excellence and Interdisciplinary Learning

This paper examines the recommendations contained in Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) aimed at encouraging the integration of knowledge, skills and understanding across different areas of the curriculum. It first outlines what is said in the official CfE documentation and supporting materials produced by Education Scotland, noting the absence of references to earlier work on curriculum integrati...

Achieving integration in interdisciplinary research: Strategy or emergence? A case study of interdisciplinary research in Sweden Achieving integration in interdisciplinary research: Strategy or emergence? A case study of interdisciplinary research in Sweden

The purpose of the study is to analyse an interdisciplinary research (IDR) project in order to identify what constitutes a strategy of integration of disciplinary insights. Through interviews, observations and analysis of scientific articles produced by the researchers, the study explores the processes of IDR and relates them to psychological and sociological theories of group research. The res...

NCCR Chemical Biology: Interdisciplinary Research Excellence, Outreach, Education, and New Tools for Switzerland.

Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation to promote cutting edge research as well as the advancement of young researchers and women, technology transfer, outreach and education, the NCCR (Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research) Chemical Biology is co-led by Howard Riezman, University of Geneva and Kai Johnsson, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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Background: Many patients experience difficulties in following treatment recommendations. This study's objective is to identify nonadherence risk profiles regarding medication (antidepressants, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemics) from a combination of patients' socio-demographic characteristics, morbidity presented within general practice and medication characteristics. An additional obj...