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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
Getting Feedback
Academics do not necessarily get regular or even useful ‘performance reviews’, call them what you will. Businesses typically take this a lot more seriously, but a recent report highlights the many problems that can arise even with the best of … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Science Culture
Tagged appraisal, emotional, minorities, stereotype threat
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Does Working from Home make you more Productive?
Does working from home (and hybrid working) improve productivity or the opposite? Two recent reports have come to slightly different conclusions, and I suspect this is not surprising because the answer almost certainly is ‘it depends’. Clearly if you are … Continue reading
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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Transferable Skills and Career Paths
I am honoured to have been invited to give the Gareth Roberts Lecture in Durham next month (in the Physics Department), following a long line of distinguished speakers. To be honest, I did not know that he had been associated … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Service, policy, Sir Gareth Roberts, transferable skills
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