Tag Archives: mentoring

The Self-Promotion Stakes

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Athene Donald

My university has recently run a consultation exercise for women from different parts of the university and across the different grades (with the exception of researchers, for whom a separate event will be held later).  Various key messages have come … Continue reading →

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Appraising the Future

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Athene Donald

Back in those distant days of the Thatcher Government, various changes to the way academics worked were introduced, whose details are rather lost in the mists of time (or at least lost in the mists of my memory). One consequence … Continue reading →

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Nodes and Links

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Athene Donald

This week I was invited to talk at the annual conference organised by Postdocs at the Institute of Cancer Research; the Conference’s theme was Networking and I was asked to talk about how networking has influenced your career and any … Continue reading →

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Learning on the Job

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Athene Donald

Cycling is one of the many life-skills beyond the curriculum that freshers need to learn rapidly upon arrival in Cambridge. However much they may have cycled previously around their homes, there is something peculiar about Cambridge cycling. Whether it is … Continue reading →

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