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Scientist and Parent: Communities creating change
Women scientists across India are working together to build and advocate for family-friendly policies at their institutes.
Scientist and Parent: A research career and family life are not incompatible
Institutions, funders and conference organisers are increasingly providing support for scientists who are also parents. Here is a link to eLife's collection on "Scientist and...
Scientist and Parent: Looking for the best of both worlds
Research institutions could do more to support scientists who are pregnant or have young children.
Scientist and Parent: Part of the research family
Children and research projects have a lot in common. However, despite similarities, family life and a career in research are often portrayed as being incompatible with each other. eLife is...
How to tackle the childcare-conference conundrum
Conferences are vital forums for academic researchers. One major challenge is what we call the childcare-conference conundrum: Parent-researchers face a conundrum as they struggle to attend key...
When should you say yes?
I am prompted to ask this question by a whole slew of different events and stories this past week. The question is in part a general one about what is good for careers, and in part it reflects...
Cheating on my mentor
For the first 2 years of my PhD, my primary adviser was always available when I needed help, promptly responding to emails and meetings with me when questions arose. But that abruptly changed when...
Advancing equality and diversity in universities and colleges
ECU's Chief Executive, David Ruebain, reflects on what has been achieved in promoting E&D in higher and further education, plus future opportunities.
My children help my science
Children are not just career interruptions, and parents can come back to work as more insightful and effective scientists.
Naturejobs podcast: How to start and run a lab
Starting a lab can be a daunting prospect. This podcast talks with two researchers at different career stages about the practicalities of running a lab and how to manage a group of researchers.
Measuring Up
Denied more lab space for her pioneering research, Nancy Hopkins whipped out her tape measure. What she found sparked a movement to address gender bias in science.
Living Science: The truth is in the distribution
There may be as many ways to think about the experience of women in science as there are women in science. Indira Raman offers one perspective.
First conference in the UK for LGBT STEM professionals
Diversity in STEM fields is an issue that has become more and more prominent over the last few years, with academic departments competing over who has the higher Athena Swan award, and the...
The 5th annual OxFEST conference
The 5th annual OxFEST conference aiming to inspire and promote women in STEM takes place on 5 March 2016.
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Gender Balance in Research and Academia
EuroScientist's Newsletter
Welcome to this special issue on gender balance.
Welcome to this special issue on gender balance.
Bias Against Female Instructors
Inside Higher Ed
New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions.
New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions.
Oxford vice-chancellor: 'Tackling elitism can be done'
The Guardian
Interview: Will Louise Richardson bring more equality and diversity into University's admissions?
Interview: Will Louise Richardson bring more equality and diversity into University's admissions?
Understanding unconscious bias
The Royal Society
Introducing key concepts and current academic research around unconscious bias
Introducing key concepts and current academic research around unconscious bias
It’s a man’s world — for one peer reviewer, at least
Fiona Ingleby , a postdoc in evolutionary genetics at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, co-wrote an article on gender differences in the transition from PhD-dom to postdoc land and...
Methods 5th Anniversary Symposium: A Gender Balanced Event?
methods.blog
The excellent Methods in Ecology and Evolution Symposium was an unusual conference for a couple of reasons:
The excellent Methods in Ecology and Evolution Symposium was an unusual conference for a couple of reasons:
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