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Category Archives: Science Culture
The Things You Don’t Know You Know
It is very easy, at any stage in a career, to look at your peers and think they have everything solved while you are wandering around in the dark. This is, of course, an illusion. They will be looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged experts, Simon McDonald
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Inefficiency as a Blessing in Disguise
In the process of tidying up my office I have managed to fill several large bins for recycling. I found many unremembered old reports. Indeed, sometimes I found multiple copies due to my incompetence in remembering where I filed the … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture
Tagged comfort break, inefficiency, pandemic, writing
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Bin the Boffin
Speaking personally, I hate the label ‘boffin’. Maybe once upon a time it was seen as a positive, but not any more. The Institute of Physics is running a ‘Ban the Boffin’ campaign, as part of their Limit Less campaign … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Institute of Physics, lumpy custard, media, stereotypes
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Nerves? We (Nearly) All Have Them
Recently I had occasion to watch a young adult preparing to make a presentation. They were incredibly nervous, but when it came to standing in front of the audience little of that was evident. Just a small amount of self-deprecating … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged lectures, questions, seminars, timing
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Innovation: New ideas and New people
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of delivering a public lecture with the above title in the beautiful interior of Hereford Cathedral. This unusual venue, a wonderful testament to the ingenuity of medieval builders, was chosen by the Engineering … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Engineering Professors Council, Hereford, innovation, Not just for the boys, skills
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