Spider expert reaches milestone of naming 1000 species
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Annual salary for a Professor at the ANU in 2025 is $227,921 services.anu.edu.au/human-resour...
, yet Genevieve Bell will be getting over *double* that, plus a $400k golden handshake for VC, PLUS $200k in research funds.
Yet apparently ANU is in a budget crisis?
Absolute rot in uni governance
Long term data becomes invaluable in its own right because it is rare. Well done! In terms of your question you need to do some clever data analysis I think.
That story is not uncommon. Governments often collect data on the impact of their conservation investments, generally a good idea, but then fail to then analyse and learn. There are multiple reasons why the system fails, one is lack of analysts, another is fear of transparency
Living scientist Dr Mark Harvey reaches rare milestone of naming 1000 species of invertebrates.
Congratulations to the ESA Gold Medal Award winner Dr Suzanne Prober 👏 #ESA2025
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