Gender and Science Blog
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 10:56
The upcoming awards are for physics and mathematics. Nominees should be women in physics and mathematics early in their careers (within 10 years of receiving a PhD) from one of the 81 scientifically lagging countries as defined by TWAS. Nominations are being accepted through October 17 and will be reviewed by a committee of eminent scientists representing the five regions in the discipline selected, including members of TWAS and OWSD, and chaired by OWSD President Dr. Fang Xin of China.The...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 15:06
Interseting article in the New York Times on unconcious bias training at Google, prompted by the study conducted at Yale looking at hiring practicies among faculty that revealed bias favouring men. Read the article here.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 12:44
Interesting article in the New York Times on heart attacks in women. Go to the article
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 10:56
The National Institutes of Health has invested $10.1 million in supplemental funding to bolster the research of 82 grantees to explore the effects of sex in preclinical and clinical studies.http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2014/od-23.htm
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 10:53
In a comment in Nature, Janine A. Clayton and Francis S. Collins unveil policies to ensure that preclinical research funded by the US National Institutes of Health considers females and males.http://www.nature.com/news/policy-nih-to-balance-sex-in-cell-and-animal-studies-1.15195
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Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 13:15
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 17:12
The UK H2020 Science With And For Society National Contact Point has launched an open public consultation on the potential priorities for the Horizon 2020 'Science with and for Society' work programme of Horizon 2020 covering the period 2016-2017. The consultation is open until 12.10.2014.
The aim of this consultation is to obtain views and contributions from a broad constituency. The contributions received will complement the opinion provided by an External Advisory Group of high level...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 16:48
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Monday, July 21, 2014 - 15:49
Ten departments now leading the way for gender equality - UK Institute of Physics:
Ten physics departments have now achieved Juno Champion status, the highest accolade awarded by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for their concerted and innovative approach to embedding gender equality in higher education physics.
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham has become the tenth Juno Champion after displaying its determination and commitment to addressing gender...
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Monday, July 21, 2014 - 15:45
CAMAWise writes:
As part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations we are running a survey of women’s experiences of working in science, technology, engineering and maths. In the 10 years since we previously ran a survey much has changed, there’s been changes in legislation relating to flexible working, changes in access to mentoring schemes amongst others. We would like to know what women working in STEM in our network feel are the initiatives that have helped the most and those areas where...
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