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Julia Kempe couldn't bring herself to choose between physics and maths, nor between two graduate institutions. So she did two Ph.D.s at once in quantum computation.

Academics should never lose sight of their own research agenda and the benefits they hope to gain from the collaboration.

His cultural identity has not caused any real hardships or put any of his professional goals out of reach, Bounceur feels.

Sandrine Etienne-Manneville "knew exactly what she was doing, where the project was going, and what needed to be done," says former postdoc supervisor Alan Hall.

France is heeding the call of the European Union's directorate on research to promote women in science.

Wer glaubt, die Gleichberechtigung hätte sich in der modernen westlichen Welt längst durchgesetzt, irrt sich gewaltig.

"I have realised that I can empower myself to improve things for my own and others' benefits."

We must make it seem natural for male scientists to say, "I can't make that meeting, I have to pick up my kids"!

--Julia Goodfellow

"Mediocre men are getting opportunities denied excellent women."

"I had never considered that writing grants could be done from an early stage of one's career."

It may not be a pure coincidence that the two most women-friendly departments in the study were led by young heads who were themselves half of a dual-career couple with children.

One can only conclude that the fundamental reasons underlying women's poor prospects in science are not being tackled.