Athena SWAN reflections- the leak in the Biosciences pipeline starts early
August 30, 2018
The STEM Pipeline is a term that is used to described the progression of women through the educational system in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and their subsequent progression to senior academic posts. The metaphor of a leaky pipeline is used to describe the drop out of women from this progression, which ultimately leads to …
Spotlight on Dov Stekel
August 22, 2018
What was your career pathway leading to your current role? My early career – between completing my PhD (1997) and having my first academic job (Lecturer at University of Birmingham in 2004) – was not conventional. After my PhD, I didn’t do a PostDoc, but got a job in R&D in a large pharmaceutical company …
Some Athena SWAN reflections
August 6, 2018
A few weeks ago, I was delighted to announce that the School of Biosciences had been awarded an Athena SWAN Silver award. This is a recognition of our efforts to address gender inequality in our workplace since 2014. Biosciences has been an Athena SWAN award holder continuously since 2007, having oscillated between Bronze and Silver …
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