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Category Archives: Women in Science
Seeing Red
Is anger a good spur to getting on and getting by? The recommendation to use it as a positive force came from three eminent colleagues this past week. I had the enormous pleasure of facilitating (I think that’s the right … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Carol Robinson, Daphne Jackson Trust, Julia Goodfellow, Julia Higgins
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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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Trying Not to Discourage Others
What should one say to school children about to make university choices regarding life after school? Of course there are lots of positive things – clichés abound to supply them – but there are also the darker elements of the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Women in Science
Tagged Cambridge admissions, maths, sixth form choices
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Who Do You Think You Are?
This is not about the TV programme of the same name. I would not be a good contender for that because, at least on one side of the family, I know quite a lot about my antecedents so I doubt … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged compliments, Impostor syndrome, poise
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50 Years Is Not Long Enough
Last weekend I returned to Girton College to join the celebrations for 150 years since its Foundation (albeit the college was originally situated in Hitchin). This was the college of my undergraduate and postgraduate years. When I entered the college … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged admission to degrees, Churchill College, Girton College, Philippa Fawcett
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