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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Civic Responsibilities
The University Vice Chancellor Debbie Prentice, with Lord Patrick Vallance and Minister Pennycook at this week’s Innovate Cambridge Summit This week saw various significant announcements for and from the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge region and the wider so-called Ox-Cam … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Equality
Tagged apprentices, inequality, Innovate Cambridge, Patrick Vallance, transparency
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Mrs Handley and the Whippets (Learning to be Difficult)
No, not the name of a pop-group (although it might be quite a good one), but an episode from my early life. In later life I’m sure people had me in the category of those difficult women I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Women in Science
Tagged Camden School for Girls, feisty, teenagers
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Difficult Women
Tributes poured in following the death of Jane Goodall, with stories of her remarkable life and doings, the way she set out new paths in research and lived a different kind of life. The quoted remark of hers that most … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged feisty, Jane Goodall, Jess Phillips, Lisa Jardine
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Being WISE
When I set off for University, I wasn’t surprised to find there weren’t many women on my course: there were only three Cambridge colleges that admitted women back then (i.e. no coeducational colleges at all), so of course I would … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Women in Science
Tagged Lily Davies-Dobbs, Lucy Davies, Mamta Singhal, toxic cultures, Women in Science and Engineering
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