This is a guest post by Rhyd Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Operational Research, School of Mathematics, Cardiff University UK. In recent years, there has been
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My university experience as black woman in physics.
This is a guest post by Karel Green who set up POCSquared (a site which showcases the achievements of People of Colour in STEM –
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Technology for humans: prioritizing human well-being in our science
This is a guest post by Dr Fiona Carroll of Cardiff Met University. Computer science is changing our world in many positive ways (automation, communication,
Researcher mental health: A personal perspective
This is a guest post from Dr Joanna Waldie, Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and STEM Gamechanger. I’m a postdoctoral
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A life outside science
This is a guest post from Nathan O’Brien who works at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. “Are you up to much over the weekend?” I (perhaps naïvely)
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Be kinder to yourself
I have spent the majority of my working life as a lecturer and senior lecturer in a mid-ranking university and being reasonably successful in most