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Category Archives: Education
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
I am really chuffed to find myself one of the new intake of Trustees for the National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), which incorporates the Science Museum in London and its companion near Swindon, the National Railway Museum in … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Education, Public Engagement
Tagged displays, school children, Science Museum
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Where is Physics Barbie?
This article first appeared in Times Higher Education on 25th August 2011. The title is as it appears there. Diversity matters, be it in the make-up of Parliament, among our television presenters or in our boardrooms. It matters in science … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged A level choices, career choices, cultural stereotypes, toys
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Numeracy
Do we have a numerate workforce? I’m afraid it is far too obvious the answer is no. I’m not just talking about the relatively low numbers of students taking maths A level, as detailed here in the recent Royal Society … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged ACME, maths education, primary school teachers, Vorderman report
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Interview Skills, Careers Advice and Social Mobility
Recently the Sutton Trust published an analysis of the relative successes different schools had in getting students into different universities: Oxbridge, the broader cohort of ‘top’ universities referred to as the Sutton 30, and universities overall. One of the schools … Continue reading
Unlocking Potential?
Today I attended an event at the British Academy to launch a pamphlet produced under the auspices of the Smith Institute, a think tank which promotes progressive policies for a fairer society and named in honour of the former Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Careers advice, Meg Munn, retaining women, Smith Institute
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