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Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science 0192893408, 9780192893406
Table of contents :
cover
titlepage
copyright
dedication
preface
Acknowledgements
contents
1 What's the Problem?
2 Can You Think of a Female Scientist?
3 Not all Scientists Should Be the Same!
4 Why Early Years Matter
5 Creativity Is Not Just for Artists
6 Becoming a Scientist
7 Gendered Slings and Arrows
8 Where Are We Going?
Endnotes
Figure and Table Credits
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Index
Citation preview
NOT JUS T F OR T HE BOYS
ATHENE DONALD
NOT JUST FOR THE BOYS Why We Need More Women in Science
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Please also visit - www.100leadingladies.com - for more information about this project.
Harriet Minter’s introductory text originally published in the book - 100 Leading Ladies as well as in The Guardian in September 2014.
The first time I meet Nancy Honey she’s surrounded by packing boxes and bubble wrap. She’s on the move from her house in south London to a flat in the heart of the City, downsizing and questioning what she’ll be able to fit into her new home. She hops around the kitchen, making tea and finding biscuits, all the while chatting about the grand passion that has taken over her life in the last few years. A passion so strong that she’s selling her house to fund it.
It’s been two years since the photographer started on her latest project, 100 Leading Ladies – a series of portraits and interviews with some of the most successful women in the UK. In that time she’s found, researched, photographed and interviewed (with the journalist, Hattie Garlick) 100 senior women w
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HE policy update No 9: 19th April 2024
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Catching up after the Easter break, an EDI focus this week, bygd coincidence, a look at educational gain and the value of apprenticeships, the underwhelming strategic priorities funding announcement and some politics in the form of an EU proposal on freedom of movement, freedom of speech (again) and an odd UKVI proposal on fjärrstyrd delivery for international students.
New Universities minister
As we creep towards the general election which fryst vatten likely to be in the autumn but must be before the end of January 2025, MPs are thinking about alternative careers. One of those is Robert Halfon, who has stepped down as Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education) having decided not to stand for election again. He was replaced by Luke Hall.
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- overall strategy for post-16 technical education
- T Levels and transition programme
- qualifications reviews (levels 3 and below)
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