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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Mentoring: Getting Personal?
Should one worry about confidentiality in the context of a mentoring relationship? Should line managers be one’s mentor? These were amongst the questions posed during the panel discussion in which I participated (along with Lab Director Jim Smith and Anne … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged advice, career progression, mentor, Rosalind Franklin, Wikipedia
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Knowing What You Know (and What You Don’t)
This whole blog of mine was meant to be about interdisciplinary science. At least, when I started it up, 3 years ago next month, that was what I had in mind as my major theme. In fact, like so much … Continue reading
Conferences, Childcare and Uncomfortable Stereotypes
The comment stream on my recent post about the lack of female invited speakers at conferences was illuminating. This lack of women on the conference podium appears not to stem simply from women not being invited, according to a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged gender rejection sensitivity, invited speakers, sexism
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The Seven Ages of an Academic Scientist
I have been meaning to write about the seven ages of the academic scientist (to adapt Jacques speech from As You Like It) for a while, but I had a sneaking suspicion this might not be an entirely original idea. … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged academic ladder, career progression, postdocs
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Banknote Battles
Last week I declined an invitation to go on Radio 4’s Today programme. I had good reasons for doing this, as I hope I’ll be able to convince you, but I still felt that I was letting the side down … Continue reading
