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Its a girl thing- but is it a science thing?
I have been suprised at the almost universal condemnation of the short video produced by the European Commission as part of a campaign to attract more young women to ‘do science’. You can see it on YouTube if you missed … Continue reading
Women deal better with being lost in Space
I was a science fiction reading young teenager in a small northern British town when the first Space programmes were launched. I remember pictures of a debonair Yuri Gagarin and a serious Valentina Tereshkova looking like innocent twins in their … Continue reading
What I saw in China 2: low tech ‘non-jobs’
Despite the high end high tech products and industries in the major cities of China – and in the hands of many Chinese people –we saw lots of incidences of over-manning: of people working in ‘non-jobs’. China is the only … Continue reading
Gender equity gets closer but not for everyone
This last week I have been participating in an online forum run by UNESCO and IIEP (the International Institute for Educational Planning) on gender equality in education. It is very easy to sign up for online conferences and then never … Continue reading
The boys’ night out
In all the media coverage about the visit of Prime Minister Cameron to President Obama, nobody seemed to think the 800 mile round trip on Airforce One to see a basketball game was anything worth mentioning. I am not a … 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
Viral shopping
I have been in bed for the last two days with some kind of bronchitis; feeling alternately exhausted and self-pitying during coughing periods and bored and uncomfortable the rest of the time. My muscles ached so holding a Kindle was … Continue reading
Still training women for dead-end jobs
Sometimes I wonder how much of my working life trying to to make changes to the state of things has been spent doing the wrong things, or ineffectual things. Trying to have an impact on the gendered structure of education … Continue reading
Turkle on loss of intimacy
Sherry Turtle was in London last week speaking at the LSE on one of the topics of her new book: Alone Together. Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Turtle has moved from being the techno … Continue reading
First the ‘Mancession’ – now the ‘Mancovery’
18 months ago when we were deep in the recession I was analysing ONS employment data and along with everyone else, and agreeing that we were seeing a ‘Mancession’ men: were losing jobs much faster than women [ in both … Continue reading
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