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Tag Archives: Royal Society
Celebrating Success (Even if Progress is Slow)
Last week (the lack of) women in science actually made it onto BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, when Lesley Yellowlees – President-elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry – spoke out about the lack of women in her own and … Continue reading
10 Things You Should Know about Election to the Royal Society
There has been much consternation today in the Twittersphere – and no doubt elsewhere too – about the fact that there were only two women this year in the list of 44 new Fellows elected to the Royal Society. It … Continue reading
Science and the Law
It’s the grey end of term and the dark time of the year when it is easy to feel that too many things have been left undone that should have been done. The Christmas break is fast approaching and most … Continue reading
The Royal Society and Diversity
It is very easy to pillory long-established organisations for being insufficiently diverse. As a member of Cambridge University and a Fellow of the Royal Society, I see it all the time. It is assumed these venerable institutions are ‘bad’. It … Continue reading
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Tagged felllowship, FRS, minorities, Royal Society, statistics, University Research Fellowships
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For Women in Science (FWIS Fellowships)
Prizes for Women? Again? What more can I possibly have to say, having written twice (here and here) in different veins on this subject already. Tomorrow I chair the jury to judge this year’s L’Oreal/UNESCO For Women in Science UK … Continue reading
