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Latest08 Jul | Guest Blog | Diversity & Inclusion

Intersex Representation and Visibility

One of the first questions that people often ask after the birth of a child is “is it a boy or a girl?”. More commonly than people think, the answer isn’t always so straightforward. The United Nations report that “up to 1.7 percent of babies are born with sex characteristics that don’t fit typical definitions of male and female. That makes being intersex almost as common as being a redhead!” (UN Free & Equal Website).

07 Jan | Guest Blog | Lincoln News

Science research with the family in tow

Like many working in science, Dr Mariona Segura Noguera's scientific career has always been intertwined with her personal life. Travelling to Hawai'i to carry out research at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, poses a number of family challenges...

18 Nov | Guest Blog | Diversity & Inclusion

Divali Mela organised by the Lincolnshire Indian Society

Diwali is the Hindu 'Festival of Lights', held every autumn (in the Northern hemisphere) which symbolises victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. A Mela is a Sanskrit word for a gathering. I was privileged to represent the Eleanor Glanville Centre at the Diwali Mela on 17th November.

06 Nov | Gender Equality | Women in Science

breaking the barriers

The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes its new report on the barriers facing women in the chemical sciences. These barriers disproportionately affect women’s retention and progression, but affect everyone working in academic chemistry.

Kirsten standing next to the Congress poster

02 Nov | Guest Blog | Diversity & Inclusion

Take-home messages from the STEMM Equality Congress 2018

"The problem with working in an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion context is that often it seems like an uphill struggle - no matter the progress that has been made, there is still so much further to go.

24 Oct | Guest Blog | Lincoln News

Women in Chemistry at the University of Belgrade, Serbia

The Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Belgrade is exceptional amongst STEMM departments with more than 50% female academic staff. As part of their activities to promote women in chemistry, the Faculty invited three international female chemists to give a research lecture at the University in September/October 2018.

21 Sep | Diversity & Inclusion | Gender Equality | Women in Leadership

The Maiden Factor Sets Sail

The Maiden Factor is a new charity dedicated to giving girls worldwide access to education. The charity was founded by British sailor Tracy Edwards MBE, Captain of The Maiden, the first boat to be sailed around the world by an all-female crew in 1989/90.

10 Sep | Diversity & Inclusion

Peer Review Week 2018: Diversity and Inclusion 10-15 September

Peer Review Week is a global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. The event brings together individuals, institutions, and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review, whatever shape or form it might take, is critical to scholarly communications.

07 Sep | Gender Equality | Women in Leadership | Women in Science

Bell Burnell awarded Breakthrough Prize for the discovery of radio pulsars in 1967

The Prize has come more than fifty years after Bell made one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th Century. Her discovery of radio pulsars was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974, but Bell never received it...

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