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Athene Donald

October 2018

  • Good University Guide<br>File photo dated 29/05/14 of Cambridge University buildings (front to back), the Grand Courtyard of St John's College, Trinity College, Senate House and the Old Schools, Gonville &amp; Caius College and Kings College Chapel. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Sunday September 23, 2018. Cambridge, Oxford and St Andrews are the worst universities for social diversity, despite being the academic top three in Britain, data shows. See PA story EDUCATION Guide. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

    I reported harassment and was silenced – and I’m a senior academic

    Athene Donald
    Universities must end the culture of tolerating bad behaviour and of valuing perpetrators more than their victims, says Prof Athene Donald

February 2018

  • Margaret Atwood, Lola Okolosie, Polly Toynbee, Athene Donald and Julie Bindel

    The panel
    Will women be equal to men in 100 years? The panel verdict

    Margaret Atwood, Lola Okolosie, Polly Toynbee, Athene Donald and Julie Bindel
    In 1918 some women got the vote – but in 2018 gender equality has not been reached. Five writers share their views on whether parity will be achieved in 2118

January 2017

  • Meryl Streep

    'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women

    They’ve won Oscars, Pulitzers and Nobel peace prizes: eight women at the top of their game tell us how they got there

September 2015

  • The wording used to advertise toys marketed at girls tends to emphasise love and magic, says Athene Donald.

    Toys aimed at girls 'steering women away from science careers'

    Dame Athene Donald of Cambridge University says toys aimed at girls emphasise passivity, and that early influences affect academic choices

April 2015

  • It's vital to get children interested in science – and keep them interested.

    Science matters to voters, so why is it being ignored by our politicians?

    Athene Donald
    Science and technology are not coming up in the general election debates – to the future detriment of our economy

March 2013

  • Woman scientist

    Occam's corner
    A celebration of women not being seen as the problem

    Athene Donald: For too many women, for too long, life as a serious scientist has seemed unobtainable

September 2012

  • Students at the Rolls-Royce exhibit building a model jet engine.

    Occam's corner
    Physics at Work lets children into the world of science

    Athene Donald: Exhibition in Cambridge offers the opportunity to get up close and personal with scientists

June 2012

  • Alice Roberts

    End the macho culture that turns women off science

    Athene Donald

    Athene Donald: We are wasting an enormous pool of talent by not encouraging women to enter and stay in this discipline

May 2011

  • UKRC 2001 Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards

    Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards 2011 - in pictures

    Seven women at the forefront of science, engineering and technology were honoured last night at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London

March 2011

  • Athene Donald

    Top 100 women: science and medicine
    Athene Donald

    Donald researches unconventional areas for a physicist – such as revolutionary treatments for Alzheimer's

February 2011

  • Science students

    Royal Society calls for A-level overhaul to tackle decline in science students

  • Scientist test tubes laboratory

    Notes & Theories
    Sexual discrimination against women in science may be institutional

January 2009

  • Athene Donald

    Because she's worth it

    Athene Donald, the prizewinning physicist, tells Harriet Swain she has never let being the only woman in a room hold her back

November 2008

  • Major science award goes to British woman 'role model'

    Athene Donald's work could improve hip replacements and early tests for Alzheimer's

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