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Category Archives: Equality
Do You Know How Many Children Boris Has?
Today I was giving a talk within the University about building an inclusive workplace; more than just about gender, of course, but that is where the majority of my experience lies. There are so many obstacles, big and small, which … Continue reading
50 Years Is Not Long Enough
Last weekend I returned to Girton College to join the celebrations for 150 years since its Foundation (albeit the college was originally situated in Hitchin). This was the college of my undergraduate and postgraduate years. When I entered the college … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged admission to degrees, Churchill College, Girton College, Philippa Fawcett
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The Matilda Effect and Jean Purdy
There are well-known instances of women in science being apparently overlooked for a Nobel Prize: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, springs to mind, as do Lisa Meitner and Rosalind Franklin (if one ignores the inconvenient fact that she was dead by the … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Churchill College Archives, IVF, Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards
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Letting It Go
To many people Steve Shirley is an early entrepreneur in software development who made a fortune; a woman who rebranded herself with a man’s name in order to avoid being ignored by the blue chip companies she wanted to use … Continue reading
Posted in Equality
Tagged Angela Saini, autism, Charlotte Proudman, mental health, Steve Shirley
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