Category Archives: Women in Science

Academic Life and Children: Fitting it All In

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Athene Donald

I have finally got around to finishing a book I started months ago called Opting Out – Why women really quit careers and head home. Written by Pamela Stone in 2007 it analyses the response of her interviews with 50+ … Continue reading →

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On Passion

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Do we need a Female Brian Cox? Inspiration, Role Models and the Media

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Athene Donald

Last week I talked to undergraduates in Cambridge about my new role as Gender Equality Champion within the University, about the sort of activities I envisaged in my new role and how I had got to where I am in … Continue reading →

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Stereotype Threat, Underperformance and Diversity

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Athene Donald

Some months ago I came across a review in the THE for a book with the strange title of Whistling Vivaldi, by Claude Steele and it finally came to the top of my reading list recently. Far too late to … Continue reading →

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What Women Think – First thoughts on the Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology 2010

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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