All Diversity articles – Page 9
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CareersOnline events aren’t automatically accessible
With lectures moving online long-term, online accessibility benefits need building on
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FeatureSupporting the chemistry community
The Chemists’ Community Fund – formerly the Benevolent Fund – has been helping people for 100 years. Rachel Brazil looks at how it works, now it may be more needed than ever before
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OpinionOnline conferences have benefits worth retaining
Nothing’s quite the same as a scientific meeting
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OpinionPhD researcher mental health matters – now more than ever
And improving it is vital for the future of chemistry
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WebinarKindness – Building a better chemistry culture
Join us to explore the role kindness can play in making chemistry more inclusive and protecting mental health
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NewsWhile female and minority science PhDs’ ideas are more novel they’re often overlooked
Study examining almost every US PhD for the last three decades finds – for the first time – that ‘diversity paradox’ holds true for science
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OpinionThe indomitable Toshiko Mayeda
Matthew Shindell traces one female scientist’s story from an internment camp to studying the chemistry of the solar system
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OpinionTheodora Greene’s protecting groups
Katrina Krämer uncovers the woman behind the book on every organic chemist’s shelf
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OpinionEllie Knaggs and tetrahedral carbon
Ellie Knaggs’ claim to be the first to use x-rays to prove carbon’s tetrahedral bonding in molecules has been overlooked, finds Andy Extance
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FeaturePolly Arnold’s diversity of interests
Kit Chapman asks the champion of actinide chemistry and diversity in science what comes next as she starts her new role at a US national lab
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OpinionTwenty twenty vision
The new year brings changes to how we include and reflect our community
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NewsMale scientists more likely to blow their own trumpet when it comes to research
Analysis of 6 million papers finds male lead authors are up to 21% more likely to use language that casts findings as very significant compared with female ones
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ReviewWomen in Their Element: Selected Women’s Contributions To The Periodic System
The book’s 38 essays highlight women’s contributions to chemistry, ranging from well-known accounts to stories rarely told
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NewsGender diversity quotas to be introduced for Royal Society of Chemistry events
A third of speakers and chairs at conferences funded by the society will have to be women in 2020
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CareersResults of the 2019 Pay and Reward Survey
Salaries have increased in line with inflation, and while the gender pay gap persists, it is at its lowest-ever level
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CareersFixed retirement may not fix diversity issues
The reasoning behind forcing older academics to retire is problematic
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OpinionBeing trans in academia
The transgender community faces unique problems in the academic workplace
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