A video I made for the British Council.
FameLab tip – how to prepare a talk when you are not a native speaker?
Polscy naukowcy w Wielkiej Brytanii: „Keep calm and curie on”
Mój esej dla British Council, do tomiku “Ponad granicami: Wielka Brytania – Polska” z okazji 80-lecia British Council w Polsce | Kiedy w 2006 roku, dwa lata po wstąpieniu Polski do Unii Europejskiej i otwarciu dla Polaków brytyjskiego rynku pracy, pierwszy raz przyjechałam do Wielkiej Brytanii, krążył tu następujący dowcip….
Polish Academics in the UK: Keep Calm and Curie On
My essay for the British Council’s collection “Crossing Points: UK-Poland Common interests, shared concerns” | When I first came to the UK, in 2006, two years after Polish accession to the EU and the opening of the British labour market to Poles, there was a popular joke going round. A British…
British Council webinar: Making Connections
Making Connections: What is the future for collaboration and mobility of Early Career Researchers across Europe? Together with Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff, I have taken part in a webinar organised by the British Council. We have discussed the future possibilities for early careers researchers in Europe. Here is a run-down of the…
International Echoes of FameLab in Prague 2014
Last November I had the pleasure to go to Prague for a follow-up FameLab event: International Echoes of FameLab. It was a wonderful chance to hang out with the FameLabber community again, to talk science, drink beer and enjoy the city with all that it has to offer. A big thank you to…
How do our bodies know when to go to sleep?
A piece I wrote for the British Council Blog prior to FameLab International. | How do our bodies know when it’s night? In our eyes, there are photoreceptors: cells which can determine the difference between light and darkness. But how do the kidneys, liver or stomach know when it’s dark or light? During…