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Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Gift of Pink
So, the presents are unwrapped, the turkey (or nut roast) consumed and the levels of alcohol in the blood perhaps beginning to recede. It’s time to regroup, to start drawing up that list of good resolutions for 2012 and to … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Delilah, Hamley's, Laura Nelson, Lego friends, toys
22 Comments
An Identification Guide to Professors
As we head for Christmas, it is worth considering the people we’ve been surrounded by for the past year. Some will have been a delight, others may have caused immense stress for a number of different reasons. So, time to … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged departmental responsibilities, dramatis personae, university politics
4 Comments
Are We Nearly There Yet?
The Equality Challenge Unit has recently published its annual survey of statistical information about staff and students in UK universities (this year there are two reports covering separately all grades of staff and students) . There is a wealth of … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, ECU, Equality, gender pay gap, undergraduate population
13 Comments
Science and the Law
It’s the grey end of term and the dark time of the year when it is easy to feel that too many things have been left undone that should have been done. The Christmas break is fast approaching and most … Continue reading
Appraising the Future
Back in those distant days of the Thatcher Government, various changes to the way academics worked were introduced, whose details are rather lost in the mists of time (or at least lost in the mists of my memory). One consequence … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged advice, appraisal, ASSET2010, CV, mentoring
10 Comments
