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Author Archives: Athene Donald
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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To Travel or Not to Travel?
Now the academic year has come to an end, it is possible to start to reflect on the year past and what next year might, and I emphasise might, look like. This year has not been as full of Covid-stresses … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in carbon budgets, Communicating Science, conferences, hybrid meetings, Science Culture, Zoom
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Marking UKRI’s scorecard
UKRI is still a relatively young organization, trying to find its way in a funding landscape that has been impacted by Brexit, a pandemic and now soaring inflation eating away at the value of every grant or PhD stipend. Nevertheless, … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in communications, grant review, interdisciplinarity, Nurse Review, Ottoline Leyser, Research, Science Funding
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A Diversion into History of Science
As a physicist, I may enjoy reading popular history books, but I don’t expect to get involved with history. Coming to Churchill College has given me a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Archives here and how they are … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Maggie Thatcher, Mary Astell, Rene Descartes, Women in science
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Getting Involved with Policy-making
Last week I presented evidence to the Commons’ Science and Technology’s Select Committee enquiry into Diversity and Inclusion in STEM. I don’t want to rehearse my arguments, which can be read in the transcript of the full morning’s session (or … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Brilliance, Diane Coyle, policy-making, Science and Technology Select Committee, Science Culture, Women in science
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Brilliance and Diversity
A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual conference of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, and a fascinating day it was. Everyone in the hall seemed delighted to be back to meeting in person, but there were several … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Diane Coyle, education, Equality, manels, Stereotypes
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Parliamentary Activity
This week has brought some curious interventions into the STEM landscape in Parliament. I will return shortly to the much-publicised, if seemingly ill-informed remarks about girls and Physics made by Katherine Birbalsingh – a headteacher and the Government’s social mobility … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Interdisciplinary Science, Katherine Birbalsingh, Ottoline Leyser, Science and Technology Select Committee, Science Culture, Science Funding, UKRI, Women in science
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The Human Face of the Carbon Queen
In my Twitter feed, there has been much publicity about the recent biography of US physicist and electrical engineer Millie Dresselhaus, Carbon Queen, by Maia Weinstock. Dresselhaus’ lifetime of research spanned over five decades, studying many different forms of carbon, … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Maia Weinstock, Millie Dresselhaus, MIT, Nancy Hopkins, Research, Women in science
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