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Chemistry World September 9, 2015 Maria Burke |
Royal Society improves gender balance among 2015 research fellows The Royal Society has awarded University Research Fellowships this year to 38 of the 'brightest young stars in science', of which eight are female. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2013 Julia Higgins |
Diversity: leading the way The Royal Society, funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, and in parallel with the Royal Academy of Engineering's diversity scheme, has set out a program to address diversity in science. For many of us, the word diversity raises the gender question. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2013 |
Stemming the tide While overt gender discrimination is less common today in universities and corporations, women are still leaving chemistry in greater numbers than men. Laura Howes looks at how people are mending the leaky pipeline |
Chemistry World February 10, 2014 Maria Burke |
Commons' report echoes past messages on women in science The UK is continuing to make slow progress in increasing the number of women in science and keeping them there |
Chemistry World April 11, 2014 |
Former chief executive of Royal Society of Chemistry dies As leader of the Chemical Society, John Ruck Keene oversaw its amalgamation with the Royal Institute of Chemistry, Faraday Society and Society for Analytical Chemistry to become the RSC in 1980. |
Chemistry World December 7, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Royal Society backs ORCID to identify researchers The UK's Royal Society has announced that from January 2016 it will require all researchers submitting papers to its journals to provide an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID). |
Chemistry World September 11, 2006 |
Conference Blog From the American Chemical Society's fall conference: Dance your way to an A... Play for today... Welcome to San Francisco... Bio-barcodes indicate cancer protein... etc. |
Information Today August 20, 2015 |
Science Journal Gains Support From the Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry agreed to collaborate with Royal Society Publishing on its Royal Society Open Science open access journal. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Former Royal Society of Chemistry president Lord Lewis dies Lord Jack Lewis was known for his inorganic chemistry research, as well as his contributions to science policy in the House of Lords. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2010 Anna Lewcock |
Fund science or risk economic downfall Leading researchers and former science ministers have today warned the UK government it risks 'throwing away' years of investment unless the UK keeps pace with science funding levels in other countries. |
Information Today October 31, 2011 |
Royal Society Guarantees Permanent Free Access to Journal Archive The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific publisher, with the first edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society appearing in 1665. |
Chemistry World July 16, 2008 Victoria Gill |
'Macho' Work Ethic Forcing Women Out of Chemistry A slew of recent reports have warned that talented women are continuing to leave research because academia is overpoweringly 'masculine'. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2006 Victoria Gill |
British Scholarship Scheme to Attract the World's Best Brains The Royal Society has developed an international fellowship scheme that aims to attract the world's best scientists to the UK and give the country a business edge. |
InternetNews March 29, 2010 |
Women the Minority in Europe's IT 'Boys Club' Report says only about 35 percent of IT staffing jobs in Europe are held by women. The report comes amid complaints of inequality related to working conditions. |
Information Today February 26, 2009 |
Royal Society Journals Launched on HighWire Platform The platform delivers the Royal Society's internationally renowned science journals, including the longest scientific journal archive, dating from 1665. It provides dramatically enhanced Web 2.0 functionality and library-friendly features. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2013 Patrick Walter |
RSC takes top UK business award The Royal Society of Chemistry has received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise for achieving substantial growth in its overseas scientific publishing business. |
ifeminists September 29, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
On-Going Gender Bias We define aggression as, "what men do," and nurturing as, "what women do." The genders are used to define the terms. This blinds us to the equal aggressiveness of women, and equal nurturing of masculinity. |
Chemistry World September 1, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Chemistry - The next generation What does the future hold for the chemists of tomorrow, those clutching new qualifications and those still coming through the ranks in school? Can chemistry attract a complete cross-section of society? |
Chemistry World May 6, 2014 Maria Burke |
Public money for science pays off A new report claims to provide 'crucial economic evidence' to support claims that the UK government can boost growth by investing in science and engineering research. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2015 Angeli Mehta |
Women twice as likely to be hired for academic posts as men Researchers in the US said they were shocked to find that, in a series of experiments designed to simulate the hiring process, women were twice as likely as men to be ranked first for a tenure track job. |
ifeminists January 20, 2004 K.C. Wilson |
Killing Men Why do men commit suicide more often than women do? |
Chemistry World November 2010 |
350 years and counting Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society, on the first 350 years of the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence |
Job Journal October 2, 2005 Bob Rosner |
Workplace Stereotypes Readers lob letters into the debate on gender differences. |
ifeminists April 29, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Oh My! Women's Groups Are Excluding Men An editorial citing Martha Burk's National Council of Women's Organizations as being gender-biased. |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Search for Women in the Boardroom If you're particularly interested in gender diversity in the boardroom, a new stock index series introduced by the folks at Pax World and KLD provides a shortcut to finding promising investment candidates. |
Chemistry World September 14, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Online Access to Centuries of Pioneering Science The Royal Society today launched its complete journals archive in electronic form, making it freely available online for two months. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Broke RI rejected Royal Society merger The Royal Institution has rejected a bail-out proposal from the Royal Society that would see the two organizations merge, according to a report in the magazine Research Fortnight. |
ifeminists March 3, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Male Nurturing 101 The real gender bias we all face is a society that defines aggression as "what men do," and nurturing as "what women do." This blinds us to the equal aggressiveness of women, and, more tragically, equal nurturing of masculinity. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2010 Prachi Patel |
Women Engineers Inch Up the Management Ladder Seven percent of engineering managers are women, but things are looking up |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Janet G. Stotsky |
Budgeting with Women in Mind When leaders in developed and developing countries alike ponder ways to boost growth, reduce inequality, and improve living standards, the enduring battle of the sexes is most likely the last thing on their minds. But reducing gender disparities can lead to improved macroeconomic performance. |
HBS Working Knowledge February 21, 2012 Maggie Starvish |
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases Despite more women in the corporate work force, they still are underrepresented in executive officer positions. Harvard Business School Professor Robin Ely and colleagues propose a new way to think about developing women for leadership. |
ifeminists June 2, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Men: Save Your Marriage While both men and women can be ambitious or greedy, or kind and saintly, it can be for different reasons and using different tools. Apply this to marriage. |
CFO July 15, 2011 Marielle Segarra |
Taking the Next Step Women who want to advance to the top spot in finance often need a sponsor. Here's why. |
Chemistry World January 2010 |
Column: Undercover academic Must all research have immediate and tangible economic impact? Not all applied research has appreciable economic impact, and much pure science research will open up routes to unimagined benefits and financial gain. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
Boards Need Women Over the last few decades, women have made great strides toward gender equality in many arenas -- but not on corporate boards. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Victoria Gill |
UK Dragging Heels on Nanotechnology Disappointing and slow. That is how the UK government's research to improve the understanding of the potential health and environmental impacts of free nanoparticles has been summed up by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering. |
ifeminists November 18, 2003 Carey Roberts |
Feminists Rigging the Elections With a wink and a nod from their United Nations sponsors, feminists around the world are pushing hard for election quotas. Their complaint: women represent only 14% of national elected officials. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 18, 2012 Maggie Starvish |
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups The key to avoiding gender stereotyping in the hiring process lies in evaluating job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Divided by a common language I was attended the 246th American Chemical Society meeting in Indianapolis, with other Royal Society of Chemistry colleagues. As one would expect, it was a very interesting and stimulating meeting. |
ifeminists July 7, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
The Pill and Female Chauvinism: Part I The very fact a program on The Pill was only about what it (seemed to) mean to women displays female chauvinism. Was there no impact on men? |
Chemistry World July 16, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Royal Society of Chemistry's flagship journal now free to access Chemical Science will be free to access from January 2015, and author fees for publishing in the journal will be suspended until 2017. |
ifeminists January 27, 2004 Carey Roberts |
So, Is Radical Feminism a Socialist Front? Now, feminism has become a parody of the very ideals it claims to promote. It was this dialectic that led me to research a series of articles on Socialism and Feminism. The research has lead to these conclusions. |
IDB America November 2004 Gilberto Rincon Gallardo |
The Importance of Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Mexico It is worth remembering that Mexico's constitution mandates nondiscrimination. Thus, the constitution itself imparts a fundamental regard for human rights to our laws and obligates our country to comply with the requirements set by international agreements. |
Information Today November 29, 2012 |
SAGE Acquires Royal Society of Medicine Journals Portfolio Academic publisher SAGE announced an agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine to acquire its journal program. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by RSM Press will be published by SAGE. |
Chemistry World January 2011 |
Behind the scenes at UK museums What future do Britain's museums face in the light of government spending cuts? A discussion is offered on what it could mean for the next generation of scientists |
ifeminists November 18, 2007 Gordon E. Finley |
Gender Pay Gap Myths and 2008 A look into whether there really is a pay gap between salaries of men and women after college. |
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Fiona Case |
Gender bias in US research funding investigated At the request of three Congresswomen the US Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into whether gender bias is influencing the awarding of research grants, which would be illegal under US law. |
Salon.com April 12, 2001 Cathy Young |
Sex and science Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences? |