All Diversity articles – Page 4
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CareersPhD students should be classed as employees
With planned stipend increases barely covering increased costs, postgraduates need better employment protections
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CareersEthical decisions in the workplace
Employees who feel secure should challenge unethical employers on behalf of their colleagues
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NewsWellcome Trust’s anti-racism initiatives a failure
UK’s largest non-governmental science funder is ‘still an institutionally racist organisation’, admits director Jeremy Farrar
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OpinionForgotten women in chemistry
There’s much more to do to fully understand and celebrate the historical contributions of female chemists
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OpinionBetty Wright Harris’s explosive career
Hayley Bennett tells the story of a Black chemist who studied energetic materials – and ways to detect them
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CareersPhD students don’t need second jobs – they need paying above minimum wage
Recommended minimum stipends for UK-based PhDs failed to match inflation since 2005, exacerbating the current cost-of-living crisis
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CareersMaking interviews and workplaces fully accessible
Exploring the support available to disabled jobseekers and their employers
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OpinionMasataka Ogawa and the search for nipponium
Could a Japanese scientist, whose claim to have discovered an element was dismissed, been right all along? Kit Chapman investigates
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ResearchWhite male scientists have privileges that boost their career beyond merit
Survey of 25,000 scientists reveals white able-bodied heterosexual men’s advantages can’t be attributed to higher work effort or better qualifications
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ArticleFinancial woes ail early-career scientists
PhD students and postdocs are struggling to make ends meet
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CareersHow to begin financial planning
Five ways that PhD students and postdocs can prepare for the future
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OpinionElizabeth Fulhame, the 18th century chemistry pioneer who faded from history
More than 200 years ago, a female chemist introduced the concept of catalysis and made early steps towards photography. Rachel Brazil develops her story
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OpinionCarolyn Bertozzi: ‘Shooting hoops is very meditative’
The celebrated chemical biologist who dreamed of being a rock star before inventing the field of bioorthogonal chemistry
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NewsUK physical science funder acts to rid its peer review of gender bias
EPSRC plans to pilot unconscious bias observers in funding panels and investigate all types of peer review discrimination
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OpinionThe importance of providing young people with mental health support
Do you feel safe openly discussing your mental health with your colleagues at work?
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CareersMaking research environments more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing students
Todd Pagano helps open up the world of chemistry for students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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CareersPublish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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WebinarBelonging and connection – Building a better chemistry culture
Explore ways to foster the feeling of belonging within the chemical sciences