Not ‘just’ a technician
by Emma Bennison, Research Laboratory Technician, Newcastle University After completing the Trainee Laboratory Technician Scheme at Newcastle University in 2014 and... read the full article
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Apprenticeships: Widening access to the science workforce
We need an agile and highly skilled science workforce to be able to boost our economy and raise our standards of... read the full article
Is today really Pi Day?
by Noel-Ann Bradshaw, Vice President Communications for the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and member of the London Mathematical... read the full article
Science Council on the Moral Maze: Is Science Morally Neutral?
Driven by the suggestion by the Science Council that “scientists need their own version of the Hippocratic Oath”, last night’s... read the full article
Which lab object do you think has had most impact?
Organisers of the Scientific Laboratory Show & Conference, which this year includes the Science Council, have launched a campaign to... read the full article
Promoting equality within the environmental sciences
by Dominic Sheldon, Publications Assistant at the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) Bi-annually the IES invites our members to take part in... read the full article
Altmetric’s High Five – Zika Research in the News (Feb 2016)
The February High Five blog, brought to you by Altmetric and The Science Council, focuses on the top five research... read the full article
4 actions this International Women’s Day to challenge the scientist stereotype
It’s hard to shift the image of scientists as male, white haired and over the age of 50. Hard to... read the full article
What makes me the best scientist I can be?
For World Water Week we speak to water scientist Sandra, who works at one of our Employer Champions, Affinity Water.... read the full article
5 things science organisations can learn from the largest ever UK study of women at work
By Kathryn Nawrockyi, Gender Equality Director at Business in the Community (BITC) I recently joined a highly engaged group of... read the full article