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Category Archives: Equality
Who’s a Crazy Bitch Then?
I was interested to read an article (not such a recent article in fact, but I’ve only just come across it via Twitter links) describing the misogynistic name-calling of senior women in Canadian universities. Headlined ‘The “crazy/bitch” narrative about senior … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Carole Cadwalladr, misogyny, Miss Triggs, name-calling
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How Many ‘Firsts’ does it take to Change a System?
As the new academic year starts in Cambridge the University Library is marking 150 years of women studying here, even if admission to degrees came much later in 1948. Collectively we can also note that for the first time essentially … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged gender pay gap, Lucy Marshall, Sally Davies, Sonita Alleyne, University Library
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What Do We Know about the Research Ecosystem?
While funders make decisions about where their money goes, and PhD students decide what to study, with whom and where before they go on to wander along the career maze; while publishers decide who to publish and universities around the … Continue reading
Talking Leadership in Toronto
I’ve recently been in North America meeting up with Churchill College alumni, flying into New York City and out from Toronto, with a delightful flight with gorgeous views over New England in between. It was rather exhausting but was also … Continue reading
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Tagged alumni, Bruce Simpson, Maggie Thatcher
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