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The Meeting of the Ways
There are many reasons why people believe – as I do – that interdisciplinarity has to sit at the heart of any research agenda. It does not require that two disciplines bring cutting edge tools and ideas together to create … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Interdisciplinary Science
Tagged Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Eldar Shafir, policy, stereotype threat, values affirmation
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Women in Science: Why Can’t this Problem be Fixed?
The newspapers these days run almost daily stories about sexism and women being disadvantaged in one way or another (plus the occasional response that it is men that are being hit hardest by current circumstances). For women in STEM the … Continue reading
Let’s Get Stereotypes out of Science Education
Women are from Venus, like making cupcakes, like bright colours – particularly pink – and need to be told at frequent intervals that ‘math is meant to be hard’. That seems to be the verdict you could cull from many … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged physics, stereotype threat, teachers
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Why is it Different for Girls?
Some horrible statistics to kick off today’s post: nearly half of English maintained (state) coeducational schools don’t send a single girl on to do physics A level. That’s right, nearly half (strictly speaking 49%). When I was first sent this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged A level choices, physics, school, stereotype threat
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Unconscious Bias and the Impact on Women entering Science
This is text of the talk I gave at the Howthelightgetsin Festival at Hay at the weekend. The talk was misleadingly entitled ‘Saving Science’ by the organisers, trailed as how women can ‘save’ science, but it is really about how … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Project Implicit, role models, stereotype threat, Unconscious bias
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