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Author Archives: Athene Donald
50 Years Is Not Long Enough
Last weekend I returned to Girton College to join the celebrations for 150 years since its Foundation (albeit the college was originally situated in Hitchin). This was the college of my undergraduate and postgraduate years. When I entered the college … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged admission to degrees, Churchill College, Girton College, Philippa Fawcett
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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
