-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- MaryQ on Judging on Potential (or Not)
- Colin Finlay on Where are the Modest Men?
- Brigitte on What does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
- Athene Donald on What does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
- Brigitte on What does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
Archives
Pages
Meta
Twitter
-
Author Archives: Athene Donald
Judging on Potential (or Not)
I was trying to lay my hands on a quote I heard recently on the radio about creativity by Wolfgang von Goethe to kickstart this blogpost, and instead (amongst 100’s of others of his quotes) I came upon this: ‘Girls … Continue reading
A Lifetime of Music
It is inevitable that as one gets older the deaths of people who have meant a great deal to you happen more and more often. I have written in the past years about the death of two key mentors of … Continue reading
What does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
UKRI has big shoes to fill. So far it has only just begun to signal its intentions regarding strategic directions: the ‘strategic prospectus’ it published in May was more a road map for developing its strategy than a strategy itself. … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Science Funding
Tagged refereeing, Strategic Priorities Fund, UKRI
3 Comments
Anchoring Your Biases
I couldn’t tell you when I last listened to a football commentary on radio or TV (the current World Cup has not caused me to rush to change this), but I don’t need to listen to realise that a statement … Continue reading
Where are the Modest Men?
A hashtag debuting this week has caused quite a stir on Twitter: #immodestwomen. In the wake of a US newspaper deciding not to accord anyone the title of Dr in its articles, unless they were medical doctors, historian Dr Fern … Continue reading
