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Author Archives: Athene Donald
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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Why We Still Need Ada Lovelace Day
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women in science and inspire future generations. It is often said that ‘you cannot be what you cannot see’, and if young children only ever see images of men as scientists, … Continue reading Continue reading
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The Future of Skills and Education?
It is only six weeks since I last wrote about skills on this blog. Not, you might think, a very long time for change to happen. And yet much has. A new monarch (probably the least important for the theme … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in education, Equality, Further Education, investment, Lifelong learning entitlement, Science Funding, science superpower
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Impostors at a Conference
September has always been a busy time for conferences, and I have attended a fair few in my time. However, the one I attended this week was the first scientific one I recall having impostor syndrome publicly mentioned several times, … Continue reading Continue reading
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Dodgy Encounters with a Fragile Piece of Equipment
Doing a PhD is hard work, stressful and uncertain. Even with the most understanding of supervisors, the clearest goals and routes to get there, there will be hiccoughs and worse en route to getting the letters after your name. And, … Continue reading Continue reading
Celebrations are in Order
A Level results are out, and students are now either celebrating, or sitting in misery having had their worst fears confirmed. Cambridge colleges, such as my own, will be assessing whether or not we’ve hit our multiple targets – by … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Churchill College, education, minority status, STEM, Women in science
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Joining the Dots Around Skills
You don’t have to read beyond the first few lines of the summary of last week’s House of Lords’ Science and Technology Select Committee Report to recognize they are sceptical about the Government’s direction of travel when it comes to … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in absorptive capacity, careers, diffusion, education, Felixstowe, green economy, House of Lords, Science Funding
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