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Monthly Archives: April 2012
How Many Arms do you Have?
I was amused by the throwaway comment Bettany Hughes made in her recent TV programme Divine Women about the Hindu Goddess Kali’s many arms being ideal for multitasking. Academics of all ages would benefit from growing a few more limbs, … Continue reading
10 Things You Should Know about Election to the Royal Society
There has been much consternation today in the Twittersphere - and no doubt elsewhere too – about the fact that there were only two women this year in the list of 44 new Fellows elected to the Royal Society. It … Continue reading
Why We Need to Start Young
Recently the Royal Society of Edinburgh released its report looking at the position of women in STEM in Scotland and what ought to be done by their Government; it also looked more broadly at the situation across the UK. The … Continue reading
With Fresh Ears, Eyes and Hands
In the run-up to Easter I happened to catch part of a broadcast of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. This is a work I was steeped in as a teenager, attending the annual Bach Choir’s performance at the Royal Festival Hall … Continue reading
Breaking into the Lab
What follows is a book review which first appeared in Times Higher Education on April 12th 2012 Breaking Into the Lab: Engineering Progress for Women in Science By Sue V. Rosser New York University Press 264pp, £23.99 ISBN 9780814776452 Published … Continue reading
