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Not Knowing Where You Are Going
One of the initiatives I started when I became Master of Churchill College was a series of public conversations with eminent women, many – but by no means all – academics. To start with I was quite nervous: would I … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Culture
Tagged A levels, Churchill College, Fens, Science 2040, Sharon Peacock
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Stupid Chemists (perhaps)
I’ve recently returned from my annual visit to the High Polymer Research Group Conference, held at the picturesquely named village of Pott Shrigley at the Western edge of the Peak District. This is a conference about which I have written … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged Careers, data, Pott Shrigley, robots
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Moving On from a Victorian Ideal
I’ve recently been reading How the Victorians took us to the Moon by Iwan Rhys Morus. It’s an interesting book, but what particularly struck me was the Epilogue, which has reflections on how the Victorian way of doing science in … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged Amanda Solloway, incentives, lone genius, reward
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What (and How) Should We Teach our Children?
In the world of social media and ChatGPT, a post-Covid world and a world where climate change and war put everything and everyone under new strains and worse, what should our students – at school or university – be taught … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged broad and balanced, curriculum, Curriculum for Excellence, Simon Margison
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