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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Where is the HE Sector Going?
There is a lot going on in the HE policy world, from the Augar Review of post-18 education and funding, to the publication of the UKRI (and its constituent parts) Delivery Plans. Yet all this is set in the context … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Research, Science Funding
Tagged CDTs, John Kingman, Royal Society, strategy, UKRI, Venki Ramakrishnan
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The Matilda Effect and Jean Purdy
There are well-known instances of women in science being apparently overlooked for a Nobel Prize: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, springs to mind, as do Lisa Meitner and Rosalind Franklin (if one ignores the inconvenient fact that she was dead by the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Churchill College Archives, IVF, Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards
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Examining Season
Students, you may want to look away now as I’m going to give away some of the secrets of exam marking, as I’ve discovered them over more years than I care to remember. Firstly, it is extremely boring. If you … Continue reading
A Crisis in Mental Health in Academia?
It will surprise no one in academia to know that it is an environment that is stressful, frequently precarious and there never seem to be enough hours in the day. The HEPI report on mental health issues in academia by … Continue reading
Letting It Go
To many people Steve Shirley is an early entrepreneur in software development who made a fortune; a woman who rebranded herself with a man’s name in order to avoid being ignored by the blue chip companies she wanted to use … Continue reading
Posted in Equality
Tagged Angela Saini, autism, Charlotte Proudman, mental health, Steve Shirley
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