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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Inequity and Research Culture
Research culture remains a topic that is of concern to many, because it can be so very far from ideal. You don’t have to be from a minority background – of whatever kind – to find yourself in an environment … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in disability, Equality, ethnicity, marginalised researchers, research funding, Science Culture
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Where is Social Mobility Heading and for Whom?
Levelling up may have been a phrase that tripped off Boris Johnson’s lips more than other politicians, but whether or not the phrase is politically dead, the concept is as important as it ever was during his prime ministerial tenure. … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Alun Francis, education, Equality, Further Education, Katherine Birbalsingh, Levelling Up, Sure Start
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What Does Excellence Look Like?
Harnessing the Metric Tide, the recently-published follow-on to the 2015 Report The Metric Tide, provides a welcome focus on our cultures and practice within HEIs. It imagines an ecosystem where metrics are collected which inform the community about the health … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Harnessing the Metric Tide, HESA, IDAP, Research, statistics, The Metric Tide
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Has the World Changed (Enough)?
“The reported incidents of racism and misogyny are extremely alarming” according to Gareth Cook, fire brigade’s union regional organiser for London about the recent report into the London Fire Brigade. “Women have been “systematically failed” by the criminal justice system”, … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in confidence, harassment, Lindemann Trust, MIT, Women in science
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Refereeing and Bullies
We’ve heard a lot about bullying at the heart of government in recent days. One defence of the behaviour of the former Chief Whip is that it used to be worse, much worse. That is of course a line one … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in bullies, de Gennes, hierarchies, power imbalance, Science Culture
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Does Life Get Better at Mid-Career?
Julie Gould and Nature Careers podcasts have been running an interesting series (Muddle of the Middle) on what it’s like to be a mid-career/middle aged scientist. A time when precarity is likely to be past, but reality of all the different … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in equity, harassment, obstacles, patronising, Science Culture, Women in science
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Investing in People
We have all got used to the wonders of Zoom (or Teams if you prefer) over the last couple of years. It may have made academic life as we were used to it viable during the pandemic, but it has … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in apprenticeships, careers, education, House of Lords, Science Funding, skills, solar panels
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