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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Winton Royal
The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books award ceremony took place on Monday night. The event is open to anyone so I went along – I like to feel part of the great science communications endeavour. But I had … Continue reading
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Where’s an Industrial Policy When You Want One?
A little while ago I had the pleasure of hosting the visit of Chukka Umunna (Shadow Business Minister) to the University of Cambridge to discuss the UK’s industrial strategy or, perhaps more accurately, its lack thereof. Over a sandwich lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Chuka Umunna, industry, Policy, Richard Jones, Science Culture, Science Funding
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They Shoot Authors, Don’t They? A Guest Post by Mark Lloyd
Mark Lloyd has just spent the weekend as a self-published author, plugging his book Rum Humour/Rum Humor on social media. And it hasn’t been fun. Activity. Bags of activity: hands and fingers slapping on keyboards, copying and pasting, tweeting, commenting, … Continue reading
Posted in amazon countdown deals, facebook, guest, linkedin, Mark Lloyd, Pillar International Publishing, Rum Humour/Rum Humor, self publishing, social media, thaddeus lovecraft, Writing & Reading
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In which UK science funding faces a sudden new peril
A spokesperson for Vladimir Putin recently mocked the United Kingdom for being a “small island” to which no one paid any heed. He is clearly not familiar with the UK’s impressive scientific reputation on the world stage: with just 1% … Continue reading
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Age
They say that you know you’re getting old when a good day is waking without pain. I haven’t quite got that far yet, though I have reached a Professor Branestawm stage with my spectacles. The picture on the right shows, … Continue reading
Posted in ageing, Domesticrox, parthenon, Silliness, spectacles, varifocals
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UK University debates, when gender segregation is OK?
Get real UK Universities Universities UK have issued some guidance on separating genders during debate,* apparently it is OK if the facilities are separate but equal. Women can be placed separately from men as long as they aren’t seated behind. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic dishonesty, Women in science
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A Degree of Betrayal
What a week it’s been! My book launch for “A Degree of Betrayal” in now finally underway! I am delighted to report that “A Degree of Betrayal” is now officially on sale!
Posted in A Degree of Betrayal, book, Book launch, Books, career, female protagonist, feminism, graduate student, midlife crisis, PhD, Research, science, sexual harassment, student
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Who
Unless you have been buried 37 miles underground on the fifth moon of Jaglon Beta since – oooh – the Middle Pleistocene, it will not have escaped your notice that the 50th anniversary approaches of the first broadcast of Dr … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, dalek, david tennant, Domesticrox, dr who, jfk, jon pertwee, marmite, matt smith, patrick troughton, Science-fiction, tardis, the archers, tom baker, Writing & Reading
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Courage, Inadequacy and Taking the Plunge
It’s almost two years since I wrote about the dangers of looking at people you respect through rose-tinted glasses. That post was prompted by a relatively junior scientist losing their nerve after they had directly challenged something I’d said and … Continue reading
Posted in confidence, Impostor syndrome, Mrs Moneypenny, Science Culture, Women in science
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