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Author Archives: Athene Donald
I Refuse to Think Like a Man
The recipe for success for women has been identified as Look like a girl, Act like a lady, Think like a man, Work like a boss. (or at least it was until the Bic South Africa advertising poster was pulled … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Bic South Africa, diversity, Megan Henley, metrics
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Those Annoying Little Habits
New lecturers are encouraged, possibly even compelled, to allow themselves to be videoed giving presentations/lectures so they can improve their teaching styles. Even before then, early career researchers may be offered that option and it is probably wise to accept. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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The Importance of Evidence, the Need for #Just1Action4WIS
I’m sorry, this is yet another piece of writing in the wake of the Tim Hunt debacle. I find I am still very angry. We are, I hope, reaching the end of the saga yet little in the way of … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Connie St Louis, evidence, Louise Mensch, Mary Collins, Tim Hunt
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Where are the Wild Places of our Souls?
I’m not sure if it’s unconsciously deliberate, but this year – as last – I took a fascinating book about our countryside to read during my week’s holiday away from Cambridge. This year I went to the south end of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, natural history
Tagged George Monbiot, Lake District, rewilding, Robert MacFarlane
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Why Such Tepid Governmental Aspirations?
The Government talks about ‘naming and shaming’ to close the pay gender pay gap, aspiring to close it within a generation. It is perhaps worth remembering when the Equal Pay Act came into force – 1970! 45 years on and … Continue reading
