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Category Archives: Careers
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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Investing in People
We have all got used to the wonders of Zoom (or Teams if you prefer) over the last couple of years. It may have made academic life as we were used to it viable during the pandemic, but it has … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Funding
Tagged apprenticeships, House of Lords, skills, solar panels
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Joining the Dots Around Skills
You don’t have to read beyond the first few lines of the summary of last week’s House of Lords’ Science and Technology Select Committee Report to recognize they are sceptical about the Government’s direction of travel when it comes to … Continue reading
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Tagged absorptive capacity, diffusion, Felixstowe, green economy, House of Lords
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A University Education and a Lifetime of Debt
Finally, the response to the Augar Review, for which we have been waiting for the rather splendid number of 1001 days, has been released. I will not accuse the Government of choosing a good day to bury bad news, because … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education
Tagged Augar Review, Further Education, Levelling Up, lifetime loan entitlement
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