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How Hard Do You Work?
Career progression and promotion require that you tick all the right boxes when panels scrutinise your CV. If you are trying to optimise your chances of advancing up the greasy pole, this requires that you know what the boxes are … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Athena Swan, outreach, promotion, University of Leicester, women in STEM in HE
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Scientific Breadth: The Good and the Bad
This week I am giving three different major talks; no, not just ‘different’, utterly and totally different. This is definitely a week of diversity in my powerpoint presentations, though none of them is actually about diversity. Linking in to a … Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Research, Science Culture
Tagged career progression, interdisciplinarity, promotion
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ASSET 2010 – A Metaphorical Call to Arms for HEI’s
There is a danger that the message that there is an uneven playing field for women in science (and indeed in many other fields) has been repeated so often that it is no longer heard. However, it is still true. … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged appraisal, ASSET, Equality, promotion, success
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Read the Question
One of the first things we tell children as they start to do exams is ‘read the question’. As they get more sophisticated we go further, and say think about what the examiners want and how to express key points … Continue reading
What Women Think – First thoughts on the Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology 2010
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
Posted in Equality, Research, Science Culture, Women in Science, Women's Issues
Tagged appraisal, ASSET 2010, Athena Forum, promotion
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