"I left friends and colleagues behind, not sure whether they were going to be OK. I didn’t want to leave, I didn’t bel…"

"I think academia is just still very conservative in the way that people are hired and promoted."

"The idea that there is bullying in academia isn’t new to anybody, but the discussion of it is new and the idea that y…"

"Attitudes are changing, but there are still pockets in academia that definitely see having children and a successful …"

"It really matters that you work with people who have the same values as you, and who are genuinely interested in crea…"

"We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s."

"You find yourself wondering what makes a society work and why this society is different to another one."

"My time away on maternity leave had really been seen as writing me off. ‘That’s it now, we might never see her again,…"

"I was fortunate enough to work on two long-term projects which gave me quite a lot of security. I did try for PhDs in…"

"I’m very conscious that diversity is sometimes skewed to a very narrow interpretation- it’s generally gender diversit…"