Category Archives: Equality

What Women Think – First thoughts on the Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology 2010

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Athene Donald

I have been glancing through the results from this year’s ASSET survey.  This is a web-based survey of academics at postdoctoral level and above, both men and women, asking them about their experiences and career progression. The results  make fascinating … Continue reading →

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Breakfast with Evelyn Fox Keller (Science and Gender Part II)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Athene Donald

The second half of the meeting in Austria on Science and Gender gave me a very different impression, both of the topic and the situation in Austria, than I had garnered from the first 24 hours described in my previous … Continue reading →

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Discussing Science and Gender

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Athene Donald

I am currently at a meeting in a very attractive location (including snow) in Austria on Science and Gender, organised by the Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft.  The meeting overall intends to discuss the topic in a very broad sense, with the participants … Continue reading →

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Writing the Right Stuff

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Athene Donald

Almost everything I have written over the last 30 odd years has been in the standard format of so-called ‘scholarly articles’ and grant applications.  There is a certain style to this, rather formal and usually retaining the passive voice – … Continue reading →

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What does Dagenham have to do with the Higher Education sector?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Athene Donald

This week sees the release of the film ‘Made in Dagenham’ , a film about a group of women sewing machinists at Ford in Dagenham who went on strike to get equal pay with men doing the same job. And … Continue reading →

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