CamilleKandikoHowson

🌟 Celebrating excellence in physics! 🌟 Nominations are open for the Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize as part of the #IOPAwards25! The Award recognises women making significant contributions to physics, supporting others in the field, and driving inclusivity. In 2023, the medal was awarded to Raquel Lopez-Rios de Castro (King’s College London) for her exceptional work in enhancing diversity in postgraduate research and pioneering techniques for next-gen anti-cancer therapeutics. 🔗 Learn more and nominate: iop.org/awards

A fascinating #OpenAccess analysis by Kusha Anand and Marie Lall of teachers' views in India about the impact of education reforms on everyday life in Delhi's schools. Free to read and download: ow.ly/5hBL30sI538 #Education

The Chevening Scholarship, a prestigious opportunity to pursue HE in the UK is open for applications from 🇦🇫 until 2 January 2025. Join us for the information session led by Chevening alumni,focusing on Essay 4 (Career Plan) 2 help you craft a clear & impactful post study vision.

Exciting PhD Opportunity! Andreas Christ Sølvsten Jørgensen and I are offering a fully funded 4-year PhD project through EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface (CCMI). The Project: ccmi-cdt.org/phd_projects/e… Deadline 15/1/25

Huge congratulations to my colleague, the newly minted Dr Kate Ippolito! Your go to expert for all things emotions in learning in higher education! @Imperial_CHERS @imperialcollege @Imperial_EDU @Imperial_LT

Can #STEM be inclusive? Jennifer Leigh, Julia Sarju & Anna Slater explore belonging & identity in terms of disability, chronic illness & neurodiversity. FREE read. #OpenAccess #Education ow.ly/Nr3430sH4OI

Fully-funded PhD @imperialcollege in Physics Education Research!

NEW on Wonkhe: Transition programmes help underrepresented groups get the most out of university. Why not offer credit for them, like they do in the US and New Zealand? asks Alexandra Lyons wonkhe.com/blogs/credit-f…

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New article out! "The university ranking game in East Asia: the sensemaking of academic leaders between pressures and fatigue" rdcu.be/dY7ZL

Congratulations to @ImpBioEng's Professor Aldo Faisal, who has been invited to join the German Government's Ethics Council 🇩🇪 @AnalogAldo will join @ethikrat experts to provide advice on a wide range of areas, including AI and healthcare ⬇️ imperial.ac.uk/news/257296/im…

International Assessment in Higher Education (@AheConference ) 2025 -Thu-Fri 19-20 Jun 2025 in Manchester UK - Submission Guidelines: shorturl.at/kfYq6 Submission: shorturl.at/7YGR3 - Deadline 20 Jan 2025 Call for Papers

How do educators in #STEM higher education support identities & enhance belonging? Camille Kandiko Howson, Martyn Kingsbury & contributors present case studies from the UK, Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia & Asia. FREE read #OpenAccess #Education @cbkandiko ow.ly/vWnt30sGeIM

Publishing in May 2025...

I was asked by Nature to contribute to a piece on Black women in academia. I discussed stats on Black women professors and the current Black-lash where research funders/unis are rowing back on pledges to tackle anti-Black racism made in 2020. It is up now, open access!

A new article on how knowledge is central to students developing transformational accounts of their undergraduate education. It is not instrumentality that's the problem in education but the absence of a focus on knowledge. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Working at the level above: university promotion policies as a tool for wage theft and underpayment @TroyHeff & @TheKatSmithers 🔓→ doi.org/10.1080/072943… #WageTheft #AcademicCareers #AcademicPromotion #Universities #HigherEd #Underpayment #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #PhDChat

Congratulations to Dr Frank Schindler from @ImperialPhysics for receiving the prestigious James Clerk Maxwell Medal from @PhysicsNews! 👏 His groundbreaking work on higher-order topological insulators could make computing and electronics more efficient 🔽 imperial.ac.uk/news/257115/dr…

A comprehensive overview of the expanding field of science and technology studies (STS). Covering key frameworks, themes and topics, Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin bring together expert contributors to map the development of STS within its historical context e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar…

Recordings available for two past CSHE webinars: youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6WZb… youtube.com/watch?v=W3Yt8u…