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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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Nothing’s Wasted
No doubt the majority of my readers are far more familiar with TEDx talks than I am, and have watched many more than I have. They are a notion that has floated past me occasionally. I have been asked to … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged media, memory, TEDx, Whitehall
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There’s More to Us than Lab Coats
This book review first appeared in Times Higher Education on February 27th 2014 Are We All Scientific Experts Now? By Harry Collins Polity, 168pp, £35.00 and £9.99 ISBN 9780745682037 and 82044 Published 28 February 2014 “Thanks to climate change scams, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Uncategorized
Tagged expertise, Harry Collins, media, science policy, science wars
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Retrospective Impact
Recently I participated in a so-called ‘speed dating’ event for schoolgirls, organised under the auspices of Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women campaign which this event was launching. Spearheaded by Miriam Gonzalez (aka Nick Clegg’s wife, who is an international lawyer … Continue reading
