UK India Science and Innovation relationship soars to new heights!
Within a span of a few weeks UK and India relations in Science and Innovation received a new impetus by a number of high profile visits! In mid-November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the UK...
View ArticleWomen in Science – so what?
The British Embassy’s Be Y♀urself campaign has been running throughout the month of March, recognising the achievements of women in society and in the economy. So it makes sense to reflect on the...
View ArticleBalancing the scales in the work place
A cross section of staff from the High Commission lighting the traditional oil lamp during New Year celebrations. The inaugural International ‘Parity at Work Day’ was celebrated on Wednesday in London....
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Sisters are Doing it for Themselves
We usually think of the Catholic Church as a male-dominated organisation because priests staff the hierarchy. But, as I have been discovering in my first six months in Rome, women play an important...
View ArticleWomen in STEM: closing the gender gap
Growing up in Australia, like all kids, I was curious and inquisitive about the ‘science’ behind things. Encouraged by a school teacher mother and an engineer father, I coveted a plastic microscope and...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: changing the narrative
When I was on a posting in Ukraine in the early 2000s, International Women’s Day was largely considered to be a quirky remnant from a socialist era... The post International Women’s Day: changing the...
View Article#IWD2017: Give women the chance to succeed
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Lebanon is a beautiful country. Its young people are some of the most talented in the world; its workforce one of the best educated; its businessmen amongst...
View ArticlePregnancy complications detected early can save lives
The blog is co-authored by Professor Andrew Shennan and Dr Nicola Vousden from St Thomas Hospital, King’s College London. One of the Newton Bhabha funded and Newton Prize winning project in India is...
View ArticleFour future women ambassadors?
‘So,’ I say, ‘what do you think you might to do for a career?’ ‘Diplomat,’ says the first young woman. ‘Yeah, diplomat,’ the second says. ‘Us, too,’ say the third and fourth members of the group. As...
View ArticleCelebrating women in science
Someone rightly said, the only barrier to promotion should be talent and effort. But women who account for almost 50% of the world’s population, whose contributions to our society are key to its...
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