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Tag Archives: Athena Swan
Changing the Departmental Mind-set
Another bumper batch of Athena Swan awards have just been announced: ever more universities and departments are participating. With the hint of financial consequences looming from RCUK funders for those STEM departments that don’t demonstrate commitment to improving the climate … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, gender equality, leadership, promotion
9 Comments
Leadership Strategies for Dealing with Jerks
My last post about jerks in academia struck a chord with many but also raised questions – jerks abound, yes, but what should we do about them? What can we do to ‘out’ them and so to attempt to ameliorate … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged administration, Athena Swan, head of department, promotion
11 Comments
Raising Expectations: Funders Get Tough(ish)
About 18 months ago, Dame Sally Davies, the Government’s Chief Medical Officer, unilaterally raised the bar for Medical Schools wanting to apply to future rounds of funding through the Biomedical Research Centre scheme, demanding (in essence) that they obtain an … Continue reading
Just How Bad Is It?
It is easy to think that science is uniquely bad amongst the academic disciplines in the problems that some women may face. In the past few weeks I have visited various Universities to discuss some of the relevant issues and … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, Jenny Saul, philosophy, sexual harassment
16 Comments
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
