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Vaccines, Emotion and the Status of Women
I’ve been catching up with some reading this weekend: a year’s worth of (hard copy) THE issues, picked up now I’m finally able to get back into my department, and Vaxxers – sub-titled The Inside Story of the Oxford Astrazeneca … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Women in Science
Tagged Cath Green, families, Sarah Gilbert, vaccination, Vaxxers
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The Problems of Measurement
How should we measure what is a good outcome from a university education? As David Willetts puts it in his latest report published through the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) ‘The Treasury cast their beady eye over the evidence and … Continue reading
University Traditions
This is the time of year when students are in the process of returning to their many campuses (or going for the first time as Freshers). Cambridge University term starts later than many, and as a result few students are … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged admission to degrees, Freshers, Girton College, matriculation, Senate House
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‘Pure’ versus ‘Applied’ Science
When I started this blog, more than ten years ago, I imagined I would write about physics, and specifically about physics at the interface with biology. Perhaps, I thought, I would write about exciting papers I’d read; indeed, I asked … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Interdisciplinary Science, Research
Tagged Biological Physics, James Clerk Maxwell, Mike Cates, Pietro Cicuta
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