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Daily Archives: 19 March 2013
Fixing the Numbers (well maybe)
This week I read that the Labour party was attempting to redress the lack of women candidates by using all-women shortlists, as women aren’t faring well in open competition to get selected as Parliamentary candidates. In Europe, meanwhile, we see … Continue reading
Posted in committees, ERC, grants, quotas, Science Funding, Women in science
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In which I cling on
Recently I was kindly invited by the University of Southampton’s branch of the University and College Union to give a talk about the casualization of research jobs. ‘Casualization’ refers to the state whereby workers are employed in a disposable fashion … Continue reading
Posted in careers, staring into the abyss, The profession of science
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