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If we accept that there are not enough women Faculty in a disciple, like Materials Science and Engineering, what practical steps do we take at the recruitment stage?(Yes - I

Is it awkward when somewhere considers "mental health" under the heading of "equality and diversity"? Yes - if we don't consider health and wellbeing as part of the EDI (and

Together with a number of colleagues, I'm a co-author of a contribution to Quantitative Science Studies Volume 2, Issue 1 - which explores gender issues in physics... as I read

I wonder if I can profiteer by charging everyone who sends me an email some money? Maybe I'll ask everyone who comes and talks to me at a conference for

Wtf @imperialcollege - why is there an application fee for the MSc degrees?https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/apply/fees/application-fees/ Any comments @OkMatar ‽ As someone who used to admit students for MSc degrees - this is

So this is a most curious thread from @NERCscience ... and it has some significant issues. 1/https://twitter.com/NERCscience/status/1310941996903813120 The evidence on this statement is not there - there is substantive historical

Limited energy to explore this fully right now - for me this is frustrating, sad, but inevitable news (short thread):"BBC News - Nuclear: Hitachi 'withdraws' from £20bn Wylfa project"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54

If you are an early career scientist, & looking to apply for the next step - it's really important that you get some mentors to help you through the next

Today is the day I had to add "views own" to my social media profiles.As yeah I had a conversation with my employer, O.o. Fortunately prior research for a paper

If you see someone drowning - do you immediately ask everyone in the room to define drowning? Follow up question:If you spot someone drowning someone, on purpose - do you

Did a #PRIDE2020 webinar for @IOM3_Pride - thanks @iom3 for setting up!There will be (fingers crossed) a recording in due course. I can tweet a couple of things I

This is a very important development for the UK energy sector - nuclear currently generates about ~21 % of UK electricity, but a significt fraction of existing supply will retire