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Praise and Possibility
Anyone who watched the final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing will have heard words like ‘resilient’, ‘belief’ and ‘self-confidence’ thrown in the direction of the four finalists by the judges, with all contestants having been on a ‘journey’. It got … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, deficit model, Interdisciplinary Science, Londa Schiebinger, macho, Project Implicit, Science Culture, Science Funding, social media, Unconscious bias, Universities
Tagged academic pyramid, PhD students, resilience, Strictly Come Dancing, supervisors
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What Can I Do to Help?
Men who’ve heard me talk about my book (Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more women in science), or more generally about the issues facing women in STEM, not infrequently ask me this question: what can I do … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged ECRs, Erin Zimmerman, maternity leave, motherhood, supervisors
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