Imagine that your chances of pursuing a subject are dictated before you’ve even began to study it? There is clear evidence that children as young as 4 years are already beginning to develop basic stereotypical attitudes towards STEM subjects – all based on gender. The statistics speak for themselves: in the UK alone, the shortage(…)

New year, new job. After 13 years as a Senior Medical Physicist at Manchester University Hospitals, I have just moved to the Christie Hospital to take up a new post as a Principal Medical Physicist. My new job involves particular responsibilities for teaching, which is one of the things I really really love doing. One(…)

“I was born into an academic family. My father was a co-founder for the first University in my hometown, in Venezuela, and when I was just a baby my parents were both lecturers there. I spent the first years of my childhood playing in the hallways of Universidad Romulo Gallegos in San Juan de los(…)

In this piece we look at the reasons behind the all-male STC – and call for the Committee to take the opportunity to show leadership on equality, diversity & inclusion. On Monday 11th September, the House approved a motion to appoint an entirely male and predominantly white Science and Technology Select Committee (STC). This has(…)