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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Bin the Past
My last post talked about binning a word, ‘boffin’, but currently I’m literally binning my past. As my former home of the Cavendish Laboratory prepares to move into its shiny new buildings, the Dolby Centre, I need to clear out … Continue reading
Bin the Boffin
Speaking personally, I hate the label ‘boffin’. Maybe once upon a time it was seen as a positive, but not any more. The Institute of Physics is running a ‘Ban the Boffin’ campaign, as part of their Limit Less campaign … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Institute of Physics, lumpy custard, media, stereotypes
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Nerves? We (Nearly) All Have Them
Recently I had occasion to watch a young adult preparing to make a presentation. They were incredibly nervous, but when it came to standing in front of the audience little of that was evident. Just a small amount of self-deprecating … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged lectures, questions, seminars, timing
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Innovation: New ideas and New people
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of delivering a public lecture with the above title in the beautiful interior of Hereford Cathedral. This unusual venue, a wonderful testament to the ingenuity of medieval builders, was chosen by the Engineering … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Engineering Professors Council, Hereford, innovation, Not just for the boys, skills
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Pecking Orders Aren’t All They Seem
The term, pecking order, may have been coined in relation to poultry, the office boy kicking the cat clearly fits more into the domain of offices, but we all recognize the tendency to know one’s place in a hierarchy and … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged Cambridge, Dorothy Byrne, heads of house, intimidation, Laurie Bristow, Roger Mosey, Simon McDonald
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