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Category Archives: Equality
Breakfast with Evelyn Fox Keller (Science and Gender Part II)
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
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Austrian science, Evelyn Fox Keller, gender, macho
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Discussing Science and Gender
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
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged deficit model, Londa Schiebinger, Project Implicit, Unconscious bias
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Writing the Right Stuff
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
What does Dagenham have to do with the Higher Education sector?
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
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Beatrix Campbell, equal pay, gender pay gap, Germaine Greer, Made in Dagenham
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