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Praise and Possibility
Anyone who watched the final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing will have heard words like ‘resilient’, ‘belief’ and ‘self-confidence’ thrown in the direction of the four finalists by the judges, with all contestants having been on a ‘journey’. It got … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, deficit model, Interdisciplinary Science, Londa Schiebinger, macho, Project Implicit, Science Culture, Science Funding, social media, Unconscious bias, Universities
Tagged academic pyramid, PhD students, resilience, Strictly Come Dancing, supervisors
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When to Say Yes
I’ve been writing this blog for more than fourteen years now, incredible though that sounds, at least to me. I rarely look back at what has gone before and if I do, it’s mainly to check I’m not repeating myself. … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, deficit model, Interdisciplinary Science, Londa Schiebinger, macho, Project Implicit, Science Culture, Science Funding, social media, Unconscious bias, Universities
Tagged Athena Forum, committees, learning
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Invest in Women: Venture Capitalists and Female Entrepreneurs
Back in 2019, The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship was published, spelling out just how bad the environment was for would-be female entrepreneurs. She was blunt in the opening words of her introduction “I firmly believe that the disparity … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, appraisal, ASSET 2010, Athena Forum, Austrian science, Book Review, Careers, Equality, Evelyn Fox Keller, gender, History of Science, professional training, promotion, Science Funding, Women's Issues
Tagged Alison Rose, femtech, innovation, Invest in Women Taskforce
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s Wisdom
I came to Mary Wollstonecraft late, as it were, not even having come across her name until relatively recently. Perhaps that is a shameful admission, but I think she has become much more visible of late, not least due to … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Equality
Tagged retirement, roles, skills
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For the Last Time
For the Last Time I have written in the past about the challenges of doing something for the first time. For early career researchers, this could be anything from giving a conference presentation to travelling to another lab to learn … Continue reading
