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Category Archives: Science Culture
On Passion
In the past few weeks there have been a number of articles commenting on the lack of women fronting up science on TV. First there was Jenny Rohn writing on ‘In which I Contemplate the Ranks of the Invisible’, quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged Brian Cox, science on TV, women on TV
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Committees and Reverse Discrimination
Recently I was discussing a new working group that was being set up within the University, and realised that all the members that I had heard named were female. I queried this and was told that that did indeed seem … Continue reading
Inspirational Gentlemen
This week I have taken on a new role as Chair of the Royal Society’s Education Committee. School education (like so much in the UK) is an area of much flux and I can imagine an increasing role for this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Research, Science Culture
Tagged charisma, inspirational, mentor, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, role model, Sir Sam Edwards
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What Women Think – First thoughts on the Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology 2010
I have been glancing through the results from this year’s ASSET survey. This is a web-based survey of academics at postdoctoral level and above, both men and women, asking them about their experiences and career progression. The results make fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Research, Science Culture, Women in Science, Women's Issues
Tagged appraisal, ASSET 2010, Athena Forum, promotion
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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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