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The Environmental Sisterhood
The admissions process to Cambridge can raise strong opinions. I’ve written about dispelling the myths behind the process and more recently about widening participation issues. But now I’m provoked to write about my own experience of applying to the university, … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Cambridge admissions, environmentalism, ornithology, Rachel Carson
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Cambridge University, Widening Participation and the Government
What follows first appeared on the Times Higher Education blog platform on February 2nd 2016 (this is the unedited version). At the bottom I add a footnote about further developments since I first drafted this piece mainly regarding Cambridge admissions … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged BAMEs, diversity, Oxbridge, widening participation
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Telling Stories
Last week I went to talk at an event designed to encourage young girls to stick with science post-GCSE organised for local schools at Brighton College. I was paired up with the remarkable Stemettes Founder Anne-Marie Imafidon. She was Red … Continue reading
Confidence, Rebellion and Schools
‘A swot and a rebel’ was how Mary Beard described herself when I interviewed her last week for Churchill College (you can listen to the full interview here). She seemed to think this was a common pairing of terms but … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science Culture
Tagged extrovert, faking it, Mary Beard, Sutton Trust
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The Metrics of Reaching Out
In my College we are pleased to see that we are doing well against a specific set of metrics associated with social mobility at admissions. This hasn’t happened by accident, but is down to years of hard work and careful … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality
Tagged Cambridge University, Churchill College, college admissions, widening participation
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