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Research Culture, Fairness and Transparency
A week after the Science and University Ministers announced with respect to chartermarks such as Athena Swan “We have therefore asked the OfS, UKRI and NIHR to ensure that they place no weight upon the presence or absence of such … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture
Tagged Athena Swan, BAME, grant-giving panels, Ottoline Leyser, UKRI
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We’ve Come a Long Way But…..
When Rita Colwell was born in 1934, neither Oxford nor Cambridge Universities had yet appointed a female professor in any discipline; Dorothy Garrod, the first woman to hold such a chair (the Disney Chair of Archaeology at Cambridge), was not … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, harassment, Ottoline Leyser, Rita Colwell
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Thinking about Your Workload
The first time I was asked to serve on a research council (standing) committee, when a young(ish) researcher, I did not seek my head of department’s position. I informed him, since it happened we worked closely together, but it did … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged Alice Roberts, Athena Swan, mental health
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Our Bullying Culture
Many of you will have already seen the OpEd I wrote in the Guardian last week on the subject of bullying and harassment in our universities. I was heartened by the response it received, in so far as it was … Continue reading