Rockstar Scientists
Does the world really need “rockstar” scientists to explain evolution, gravity and the theory of “The Big Bang” to us I wondered – is the …
‘Girls do Science too’ with more chic and less geek!
The Stemettes initiative – a collection of women and organisations from the UK’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sector – launched at Google Campus …
My Sci-Fi Heroine: Captain Kathryn Janeway
My favourite science fiction heroine has to be Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew)– the first and only female commander to lead a Star Trek series …
Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit
For the first time, the Destination Star Trek London 2012 convention had gathered together the five captains – William Shatner (Capt. James T Kirk, The …
Star Trek: My Nerdy Nirvana
I have been having a nerdy nirvana weekend having attended the Destination Star Trek London convention held at The Excel Centre in London (19th – …
Women on Boards: It’s Time for Quotas!
Following his visit to the Northern Future Summit (8th– 9th February 2012), UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he is considering bringing in quotas …
World’s Worst Mentors
As a follow-up to my last blog post about the mentoring mistakes I’ve made, I thought I would write about the World’s Worst Mentors. Sadly, …
Mentoring Mistakes – I’ve made a few!
Having mentored young people for several years now, I thought I’d reflect on all the mistakes I’ve made along the way. It started more as …