Category Archives: Women in Science

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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Breakfast with Evelyn Fox Keller (Science and Gender Part II)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Athene Donald

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 →

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Discussing Science and Gender

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Athene Donald

I am currently at a meeting in a very attractive location (including snow) in Austria on Science and Gender, organised by the Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft.  The meeting overall intends to discuss the topic in a very broad sense, with the participants … Continue reading →

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