Category Archives: Science Culture

Resolving Your Way out of a Rut

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Athene Donald

I wonder how many of my readers have already broken their New Year’s resolutions, assuming they even bothered to dream them up in the first place. Daily visits to the gym and a diet excluding chocolate sound all very well … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers, Science Culture | Tagged , | 3 Comments

A Professorial Guide (Updated)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Athene Donald

In the run up to Christmas I feel I should be posting something light, frothy and cheerful. But somehow a diet of the REF, the Strategy and Innovation review which prompted my last post, as well as more domestic upheavals and … Continue reading →

Posted in Science Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Should I Be Discombobulated?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Athene Donald

If I were Mary Beard I’m sure I could tell you about my particular current predicament with grace and self-deprecating humour. As it is my reaction is a severe case of impostor syndrome when perhaps I should be swanning around … Continue reading →

Posted in Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

On Sponsorship and Kindness

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Athene Donald

Academia is intrinsically competitive, full of the need to win grants – which necessarily implies winning out over nameless others – gaining promotion and trying to beat others to a hot result at the expense of colleagues in the game. … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

The Choices Not Taken

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Athene Donald

It is all too easy to think our lives are determined by the choices we make, and of course to a large extent that is true. But it is equally true that our lives are determined by what we actively … Continue reading →

Posted in Science Culture | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The Choices Not Taken