Excitement is mounting as the hours tick down towards our conference on the Psychology of Creativity: Building Impact, Skills & Collaborations…
Gill Hill and Shelly Kemp have been working hard with our amazingly enthusiastic and efficient colleague at Edinburgh Napier, Lindsey Carruthers, to make sure that everything is in place for the day – and the event has now sold out! Continue reading
Soapbox Science may be just the platform you need to launch your academic career. Gill Hill looks back over her personal successes of the past year, since her appearance at Milton Keynes, and urges all female scientists to take the plunge.
About this time last year I noticed an announcement on the University of Buckingham‘s round-up email. It was a call for female scientists to take part in our local Soapbox Science event, to be held in Milton Keynes shopping centre in the summer of 2016. Although initially hesitant, I talked myself into applying, thinking it would be good for me to have to talk about my PhD research to a public audience.
One year on I thought I’d reflect on my Soapbox experience, in the hope of encouraging other female scientists to apply.
Ever wondered why some people are better at playing the violin than others? Mystified by those who knock off the Times cryptic crossword in only 5 minutes? Curious as to why some people pursue niche hobbies – like campanology, mycology or button-collecting?
Want to know what makes people creative (or not), and how creative thinking might be enhanced? So do we!
Based at the University of Buckingham, our CREATE research hub is dedicated to probing these questions, and more. Together with our guest bloggers and collaborators from other Universities, we’ll be sharing our thoughts and discoveries along the way.
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