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Category Archives: Equality
'Every Other Thursday' – Do Support Groups Support?
Every Other Thursday is a book about a woman’s self help group in California, which has attempted to address the problem of where academic women might find support. Founded on the precepts of radical psychiatry, the group gathers every other … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science, Women's Issues
Tagged Every Other Thursday, sexual harassment, support groups, women
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Athena Swan – Celebrating the Changing Culture
Today I attended the lunch for winners of Athena Swan awards. I was there wearing my hat as Chair of the Athena Forum (whose predecessor, the Athena Project, had been the progenitor of the Athena Swan awards), but I was … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, best practice, ECU, female science bloggers
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Committee Etiquette
Now I am back from my holiday, one of my first tasks is to get on top of the committee work for this week’s BBSRC Research Committee C, which I now chair. Times have changed substantially from the first such … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Implicit Association Test, Unconscious bias, Virginia Valian
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The Drawbacks of the Deficit Model
Following on from my recent post, and my remarks about not being a shrinking violet, let me take up the theme of the ‘deficit model’ discussed in a recent post by my erstwhile colleague and WiSETI project officer Esther Haines … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science, Women's Issues
Tagged career breaks, deficit model, maternity leave, positive action
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Lawson, Willetts and Equality
Dearie me, it really is the silly season. Dominic Lawson, in today’s Independent, writes a perfectly sane piece about the fact that if more girls go to university than in the past, then necessarily there are fewer places for boys … Continue reading
