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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Cynical and Irritable
‘This is not an era in which good things are taken at face value. We are cynical, irritable and tired, and if there is a bad intention to be read into anything, someone will scratch away at it until they … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged committees, pandemic, resilience
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Scientists Who Stand Up to be Counted
In the UK the pandemic is rushing towards its second anniversary, changing, but no less dangerous for the life we used to think was ‘normal’, and indeed our very lives. During this time, as a scientist I have had confidence … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged abuse, David Spiegelhalter, Devi Sridhar, pandemic, Sander van der Linden
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Self Confidence Amidst a Pandemic
I am sure readers share my gloom at the necessity of re-introducing tighter restrictions in our lives as Omicron spreads. It’s almost two years since the virus first swam into public view in the UK, twenty-one months since academics rapidly … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged ECRs, Omicron, seminars, webinars, Zoom
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Level Up and Multiply
As we await the delayed Levelling Up White paper, to my mind it is encouraging that Michael Gove (Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities) is drawing together a cabinet committee to focus on these matters, drawing membership … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science Funding
Tagged Levelling Up, UKSPF, upskilling
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Did Humphry Davy suffer from Impostor Syndrome?
When I think of Humphry Davy, I think of a scientist, someone who became a star attraction during the early days of the Royal Institution and inventor of the eponymous Davy Lamp (although at the time others accused him of … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, Science Culture
Tagged Alice Jenkins, Humphry Davy, Jan Golinski, Richard Holmes, Zooniverse
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