Science development in Africa is intimately linked to the quality of people who are able to lead change.
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A confession: I can count on a single hand the number of women I have invited to collaborate with me on publications and grants.
An ambassador needs to do more than just encourage young girls to enter STEMM, the role must address structural and cultural issues that push women out of the pipeline mid-career.
Not much attention has been given to how mothers who want to attend workshops and conferences are supported. This simple intervention can boost the presence of women in science.
Journal Impact Factors are unreliable and may be gamed. But can they still offer value?
Society, parents, schools and popular media all perpetuate the myth that girls don't have the brains or ability to be scientists. Of course, that simply isn't true.
For science to have an impact there must be a genuine will to implement its advances. This requires promoting a greater understanding of science in broader society.
Embracing more rigorous scientific methods would mean getting science right more often than we currently do. But the way we value and reward scientists makes this a challenge.
Collaboration is one of the keys to making African science soar: when the continent's universities work together, they can produce amazing results.
Science and business don't often go together, but that's changing as more scientists realise that their best ideas can be commercialised.
Most industries tap into big data these days – meaning more and more jobs are opening up in this field. Here's some background on the skills and qualities you'd use as a modern big data professional.
Africa has deep-rooted problems: poverty, disease, corruption and war. Could these be solved through mathematical science?
Careers advice for primary school children helps bust stereotypes and boost aspirations.
The equalities minister, Jo Swinson, has suggested that boys should be encouraged to play with dolls to make them more “nurturing and caring”. This is apparently in the hope that they will become more…
Science and engineering subjects are often presented as better career choices for students than the arts or humanities. Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, recently said that STEM subjects – sciences…
Imagine if you could gauge your chances of getting to the very top of your profession, just as you are starting out your career? A recent publication has boldly outlined a predictive model for doing just…
The number of girls taking A-level physics has remained stagnant for the past 20 years or more, and the UK has the lowest proportion of female engineers in the EU. Progress on gender equality in science…
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Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute and Future Africa, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, Child Trauma and Recovery, and Associate Director, Jack Brockhoff Child Health & Wellbeing Program, The University of Melbourne
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Merlin Crossley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Turing and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, University of Bristol, University of Bristol
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Doctoral Graduate Student in the Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
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Lecturer, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral neuroscientist, Imperial College London
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging, Aston University
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Professor Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education and Head of International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor: Medicinal plant biotechnology, Stellenbosch University
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Founder at Look-Sci: Helping Academics Promote Research
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Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Altoona campus, Penn State
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Director and Niels Bohr Chair, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
