Monthly Archives: September 2017

Making real change happen

Posted on 3 September 2017 by Erika Cule

For those of my readers who are new to my writing, karibuni. Stay with me. The video is for the sake of nostalgia. I am going through a nostalgic phase at the moment.

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What do other departments do?

Posted on 3 September 2017 by Nicola Spaldin

Or Whenever you have a hard problem to solve, check first whether someone has already solved it.   Not wanting to reinvent the wheel (and hoping to benefit from the hard work of others) we decided to take a look … Continue reading →

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Science in the Trump era

Posted on 2 September 2017 by Steve Caplan

Shortly after the inauguration of Trump as president of the US, this country has entered a new “post-truth” era. The president, who undoubtedly has serious (and perhaps justifiable) feelings of inferiority and insecurity along with his narcissism–despite outward posturing–claimed that … Continue reading →

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Admissions in Balance

Posted on 1 September 2017 by Athene Donald

Last October when I sat at the undergraduate Matriculation Dinner and looked across Churchill College’s large Hall, I was dismayed to see that the proportion of Freshers was very far from a 50:50 mix of men and women. I am … Continue reading →

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