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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Admissions in Balance
Last October when I sat at the undergraduate Matriculation Dinner and looked across Churchill College’s large Hall, I was dismayed to see that the proportion of Freshers was very far from a 50:50 mix of men and women. I am … Continue reading
References from the Past
It is a standard part of our job and our responsibilities to write letters of reference for students and postdocs, past and present. But I sometimes get very frustrated by those who ask me to write a letter of support … Continue reading
Laying Ghosts to Rest
Many years ago I was invited to give one of the keynote talks at a conference in the USA. I was young and I was flattered. It was a Conference on Polymer Physics held on the east coast of America. … Continue reading
Choice not Dogma
Last week a writer for the Financial Times joined the club of those journalists who seem to think there is some awful plot out there to force young girls to study science. Not so long ago it was Cristina Odone, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Women in Science
Tagged Angela Saini, Cristina Odone, journalism, stereotyping
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On a Short Fuse
I am frequently astonished by the chutzpah some people possess: the willingness brazenly to ask someone else essentially to do their own work so that they, the asker, can make cash. An email that smacked of this landed in my … Continue reading
