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Celebrations are in Order
A Level results are out, and students are now either celebrating, or sitting in misery having had their worst fears confirmed. Cambridge colleges, such as my own, will be assessing whether or not we’ve hit our multiple targets – by … Continue reading
Joining the Dots Around Skills
You don’t have to read beyond the first few lines of the summary of last week’s House of Lords’ Science and Technology Select Committee Report to recognize they are sceptical about the Government’s direction of travel when it comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Funding
Tagged absorptive capacity, diffusion, Felixstowe, green economy, House of Lords
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To Travel or Not to Travel?
Now the academic year has come to an end, it is possible to start to reflect on the year past and what next year might, and I emphasise might, look like. This year has not been as full of Covid-stresses … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged carbon budgets, conferences, hybrid meetings, Zoom
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Marking UKRI’s scorecard
UKRI is still a relatively young organization, trying to find its way in a funding landscape that has been impacted by Brexit, a pandemic and now soaring inflation eating away at the value of every grant or PhD stipend. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Funding
Tagged communications, Grant Review, interdisciplinarity, Nurse Review, Ottoline Leyser
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A Diversion into History of Science
As a physicist, I may enjoy reading popular history books, but I don’t expect to get involved with history. Coming to Churchill College has given me a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Archives here and how they are … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged archives, Maggie Thatcher, Mary Astell, Rene Descartes
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