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08 Mar 2018 | 11:00 GMT

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018: A Naturejobs roundup

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Career paths, Careers articles, Diversity, Research

Celebrating International Women's Day 2018: A Naturejobs roundup

Gender pay gap persists  … Read more

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23 Oct 2017 | 08:00 BST

Harassment and assault: ‘Disheartening’ trends

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Admin, Communication, Faculty, Relationships, Uncategorized

Harassment and assault: ‘Disheartening’ trends

The attitude means that workplace regulations around assault or harassment either don’t exist in the field or aren’t enforced, says Robin Nelson, an anthropologist at Santa Clara University in California. The study follows on from one conducted in 2013 that found that about two-thirds of the 666 women who were surveyed experienced some sort of assault or harassment in the field during their career.  Read more

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29 Sep 2017 | 10:00 BST

Mentoring: A powerful tool

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Communication, Diversity, Faculty, Relationships, Research

Mentoring: A powerful tool

Rana Dajani, a molecular biologist based at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, developed the toolkit to inspire female researchers to build the networks they need to support, collaborate and advise one another as they move forward in their careers.  Read more

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09 May 2017 | 15:26 BST

Helping women in research navigate career challenges

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Science

Helping women in research navigate career challenges

Women scientists from nine different countries in the Arab world, under the leadership of institutions such as the Dubai-based agricultural research centre known as ICBA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Islamic Development Bank, have gathered in the UAE to spotlight the major challenges and hurdles that they usually face working in different research fields.  Read more

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08 May 2017 | 09:05 BST

Gender gap in US science PhD degrees persists

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, CV, Diversity, Faculty, Uncategorized, US

Gender gap in US science PhD degrees persists

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03 Apr 2017 | 13:00 BST

Sexual harassment: A continuing struggle

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Communication, Diversity, Faculty, People Management, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Tenure, Uncategorized, US

Sexual harassment: A continuing struggle

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington DC are conducting a study on how sexual harassment in academia influences the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical and medical workforce.  Read more

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20 Mar 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Women aren’t failing at science — science is failing women

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Career paths, Collaboration, Diversity, Faculty, Industry, Mobility, Research, Scientists on the move

Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women

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15 Dec 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Do you think your career was harder as a woman in science?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCELondon, Academia, Career paths, Competition, Diversity, Events, Faculty, Perspectives, Research, Scientists on the move

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27 Oct 2016 | 16:00 BST

Ageism “as bad as racism”

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Competition, CV, Diversity, In the News, Industry, Mobility, People Management, Perspectives

Ageism "as bad as racism"

Andy Briggs, the UK government’s new adviser on older workers, told The Times this week that 27% of men of UK men aged 65 to 70 are in paid employment, compared to 15% in 2006. The figure for women is 18% and rising, and one in ten people aged over 70 are still working. And employers have an unconscious age bias.  Read more

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11 Oct 2016 | 17:27 BST

Ada Lovelace Day: The women in science who inspire us – Part 2

Posted by Mark Staniland | Categories: Featured, Nature Research

Ada Lovelace Day: The women in science who inspire us – Part 2

Ada Lovelace Day aims to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering and maths by encouraging people around the world to talk about the women whose work they admire. We asked staff from across Nature Research who has inspired them.  Read more

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