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I reported harassment and was silenced – and I’m a senior academic

Athene Donald

Universities must end the culture of tolerating bad behaviour and of valuing perpetrators more than their victims, says Prof Athene Donald

Published: 8 Oct 2018

Published: 8 Oct 2018

The panel Will women be equal to men in 100 years? The panel verdict

Margaret Atwood and others

In 1918 some women got the vote – but in 2018 gender equality has not been reached. Five writers share their views on whether parity will be achieved in 2118

Published: 6 Feb 2018

Published: 6 Feb 2018

'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women

They’ve won Oscars, Pulitzers and Nobel peace prizes: eight women at the top of their game tell us how they got there

Published: 21 Jan 2017

Toys aimed at girls 'steering women away from science careers'

Dame Athene Donald of Cambridge University says toys aimed at girls emphasise passivity, and that early influences affect academic choices

Published: 3 Sep 2015

Science matters to voters, so why is it being ignored by our politicians?

Athene Donald

Science and technology are not coming up in the general election debates – to the future detriment of our economy

Published: 11 Apr 2015

Published: 11 Apr 2015

Occam's corner A celebration of women not being seen as the problem

Athene Donald: For too many women, for too long, life as a serious scientist has seemed unobtainable

Published: 8 Mar 2013

Occam's corner Physics at Work lets children into the world of science

Athene Donald: Exhibition in Cambridge offers the opportunity to get up close and personal with scientists

Published: 18 Sep 2012

End the macho culture that turns women off science

Athene Donald

Athene Donald: We are wasting an enormous pool of talent by not encouraging women to enter and stay in this discipline

Published: 16 Jun 2012

Published: 16 Jun 2012

Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards 2011 - in pictures

Seven women at the forefront of science, engineering and technology were honoured last night at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London

Gallery

Published: 6 May 2011

Top 100 women: science and medicine Athene Donald

Donald researches unconventional areas for a physicist – such as revolutionary treatments for Alzheimer's

Published: 7 Mar 2011

Because she's worth it

Athene Donald, the prizewinning physicist, tells Harriet Swain she has never let being the only woman in a room hold her back

Published: 12 Jan 2009

Major science award goes to British woman 'role model'

Athene Donald's work could improve hip replacements and early tests for Alzheimer's

Published: 15 Nov 2008