Monthly Archives: October 2025

About LinkedIn

Posted on 30 October 2025 by Frank Norman

I’m a member of my local U3A branch’s social media group. A few of us meet regularly to learn about social media and associated topics, taking turns to present. This week I gave a talk about LinkedIn. I don’t really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Civic Responsibilities

Posted on 26 October 2025 by Athene Donald

The University Vice Chancellor Debbie Prentice, with Lord Patrick Vallance and Minister Pennycook at this week’s Innovate Cambridge Summit This week saw various significant announcements for and from the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge region and the wider so-called Ox-Cam … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Mrs Handley and the Whippets (Learning to be Difficult)

Posted on 19 October 2025 by Athene Donald

No, not the name of a pop-group (although it might be quite a good one), but an episode from my early life. In later life I’m sure people had me in the category of those difficult women I wrote about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Difficult Women

Posted on 12 October 2025 by Athene Donald

Tributes poured in following the death of Jane Goodall, with stories of her remarkable life and doings, the way she set out new paths in research and lived a different kind of life. The quoted remark of hers that most … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Being WISE

Posted on 5 October 2025 by Athene Donald

When I set off for University, I wasn’t surprised to find there weren’t many women on my course: there were only three Cambridge colleges that admitted women back then (i.e. no coeducational colleges at all), so of course I would … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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In which I thank my stars for country living

Posted on 4 October 2025 by Jennifer Rohn

When I first moved to London in 1997, I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. Long hours in the lab would spill into the evening streets and underground tunnels of a city so large that you could never experience it all. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Honouring Sir Richard Friend

Posted on 1 October 2025 by Athene Donald

I’m essentially a year into retirement and, being the age I am, it is not surprising that I get invited to attend other people’s retirement celebrations. Of course, not all academics want such an event in their honour, and for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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