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Author Archives: Athene Donald
With Regret
It is always difficult to know when to say no, or enough is enough. Turning down or walking away from opportunities is a difficult thing to do, particularly when they are things you’d really like to do. But there comes … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged Durham, Science Museum, Shildon, Wonderlab
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Warts and All
Are role models useful? What should they look like (metaphorically rather than literally; I’m not channelling dizzy blond here)? And how should they describe themselves? A recent article entitled ‘Successful women do not always make the best role models’ in … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged role model, Sheryl Sandberg, superwoman
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Expectations
Nature this week published its annual (and international) survey on salaries. As the article points out, many respondents use the survey as a means of venting, so the survey also provides a snapshot of (self-selecting and therefore not necessarily representative) … Continue reading
Withdrawal Symptoms
As a new PI what advice is likely to be of assistance? Eight of us old hands were recently asked by the THE to write some words of wisdom, which newly-minted PI’s may or may not have found useful. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged advice, early career researchers, mentoring, Principal Investigator
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Freeing the Brain
I’ve been away for the past week somewhere where I really could escape my email. (My previous post about whether one should read email on holiday was written with feeling!) When I go away I particularly like to go somewhere … Continue reading
