Together with the other new members of the Young Academy I attended our induction day on Monday, finding out more about what we can actually do as members. There are a lot of different working groups and deciding which to join will be difficult.
I think the work of the Tapping all of our Talents group is really important and we should definately encourage more girls to study STEM subjects and to look at how their talent can be retained and applied in these fields. The new Media working group also seems really interesting.
We had a great discussion about communication between media and scientists organised by the Media group as a part of the induction day. It was good to see the responsibility of scientists to communicate well and manage the conversations they are having about their work stressed as being critically important. I really agree with this after my Media Fellowship experiences.
I think the work of the Tapping all of our Talents group is really important and we should definately encourage more girls to study STEM subjects and to look at how their talent can be retained and applied in these fields. The new Media working group also seems really interesting.
We had a great discussion about communication between media and scientists organised by the Media group as a part of the induction day. It was good to see the responsibility of scientists to communicate well and manage the conversations they are having about their work stressed as being critically important. I really agree with this after my Media Fellowship experiences.