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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Cultural Differences?
How does the French academic environment differ from the British, particularly for women? Each year a group of us convene at ESPCI (the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris in France) in the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged ESPCI, France, women in science
5 Comments
On Lechery and Other Failings
Recently there has been some discussion about ‘what do professors do?’ in the press, with comments from fellow OT blogger Stephen Curry (and on my own blog here), with a major emphasis on leadership, mentoring, teaching and the desirability of … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged recommendations, references, Unconscious bias
14 Comments
Seminars that Bomb
It’s a strange thing how giving essentially the same talk at different venues/to different audiences can lead to such variable responses. The reasons for this are many and complex, and not always under one’s control; sometimes it is far from … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Research, Science Culture
Tagged audience, interdisciplinary science, public speaking, students
4 Comments
Training for Professors?
Recently I was asked to describe what professors do day-by-day in 200 words. I declined; I felt it was an impossible task. Some days are spent being ground down by committees of the sort that sap all one’s energy and … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Culture
Tagged multi-tasking, science, skills, training
14 Comments
Innovating with Sex and Gender in Mind
If you are designing seat-belts, who do you design them for? Or if teaching aspiring doctors the symptoms of heart disease and the presentation of heart attacks, whose symptoms do you describe? Clearly the correct answer to both questions should … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged design, gender, Londa Schiebinger, seatbelts, sex
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