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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Do You Cope with Office Politics or Leverage them?
In academia, appraisals (call them what you will) get different degrees of serious attention. Equally, people pay more or less heed to them, depending on personal circumstances and whether anything useful is said. However, a recent study shows that, as … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Equality, Science Culture
Tagged confidence, feedback, implicit bias, Impostor syndrome, stereotypes
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Will ARIA Sing?
The much trailed UK version of ARPA now has a name, and it’s not BARPA or UKARPA, it’s ARIA: the Advanced Research and Invention Agency. Not, note, Innovation but Invention. Is this going to be an important distinction or simply … Continue reading
The Politics of White Lab Coats
Everyone knows what a scientist looks like. The species is easily identifiable because they wear a white lab coat wherever they go. It is almost as if, if you don’t wear a white coat you can’t be a serious scientist, … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Science Funding
Tagged funding, Horizon Europe, Prime Minister, vaccination
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In Praise of Technicians
I was a very ham-fisted PhD student. I repeatedly broke a delicate and crucial piece of apparatus during the early months of my research, to the extent that I almost quit the whole endeavour and withdrew from the labs for … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Science Culture
Tagged Gatsby Foundation, Skills White Paper, TALENT, UKRI
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