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Celebration of deeds not words
The centenary of the death of Emily Wilding Davison, who was fatally injured apparently trying to attach a suffrage banner to the Kings horse running the Darby at Epsom, seems to have captured the imagination of the press this year … Continue reading
Universities are no place for libraries – especially it seems the Women’s Library
Libraries with physical books and archives where people go to research and study are becoming for, many universities, expensive non-core functions that are in the first line for financial cuts. The library in my own university – state of the … Continue reading
The digital scholar: who pays the wages, who buys the servers?
My colleague Martin Weller launched his new book : ‘The Digital scholar’ today. You can buy the book through Amazon, or you can read it online – for free- in open access form on the Bloomsbury Publishers website. I haven’t … Continue reading
What’s it worth?
Last week I spent half my time staffing induction and training sessions for research students here in my University and part of the rest of the time being inducted as a post-graduate student at another institution. The first was pleasurable … Continue reading
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One more Kindle fan
I bought myself a Kindle last week. I did the usual research on comparative websites etc and when I was happy that I was willing to risk £111 on a piece of technology that I was not sure I’d use- … Continue reading
New Guide to UK Statistics on Women in Science and Technology
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science and Technology (SET) has just published the The UK Statistics Guide to Women in Science Technology and the Built Environment. It has been produced by the Research Team and can be dowloaded … Continue reading
The purpose of this blog
This entry looks weird – in temporal terms. This is because this blog is into its second incarnation. It began life in in 2006 with one theme. It now has another, and a gap where I deleted the first incarnation. Many … Continue reading