Skip to content
The Oxford Scientist

The Oxford Scientist

The University of Oxford's independent science magazine

Newsletter
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Culture
  • Schools Competition
    • About the competition
    • FAQs
    • Past Winners & Runners Up
      • Schools Science Writing Competition 2023
      • Schools Writing Competition Michaelmas Term 2022
      • School’s Writing Competition Hilary Term 2021
      • Schools’ Writing Competition Trinity Term 2020
      • Schools’ Writing Competition Hilary Term 2020
      • Schools Writing Competition Michaelmas Term 2019
      • Schools Writing Competition Trinity Term 2019
      • Schools Writing Competition Hilary Term 2019
      • Schools Writing Competition Michaelmas Term 2018
      • Schools Writing Competition Hilary Term 2018
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • The Team
    • Our Sponsors
    • Contact Us
      • Subscriptions
      • Advertise With Us
    • Past Issues
      • Mysteries HT23
      • Barriers MT22
      • Networks TT22
      • Regeneration HT22
      • Change MT21
    • Bang! Science Magazine Archives
  • Get Involved
    • Join the team
    • Open Commissions
    • Write for us
  • Home
  • Diversity

Diversity

Fairness
  • Features

Scientific misattribution: Academia’s worst-kept secret

Ilke BoranAugust 28, 2023September 22, 2023025 mins

Ilke Boran explores the problem of scientific misattributions and representation in academia advocating for systemic solutions.

Continue reading
Prehistoric planet 2
  • Culture

Is Prehistoric Planet 2 the best palaeontology documentary yet?

Spencer PevsnerJuly 31, 2023September 3, 2023017 mins

Spencer Pevsner reviews Prehistoric Planet 2, describing its incredible visuals, engaging plot, and raising awareness about its issues.

Continue reading
People sit before an exhibition of diverse human faces
  • Opinion

Why intersectionality is so important in STEM

Taylah Andrews-ClarkApril 8, 2023July 1, 2023023 mins

Taylah Andrews-Clark argues that an intersectional approach that goes beyond isolated identities is crucial for achieving diversity in STEM.

Continue reading
Illustration of human diversity showing faces of different skin colours
  • Barriers MT22
  • Features
  • Past Issues

How WEIRD biases reduce diversity in behavioural science

Bessie O'DellFebruary 10, 2023March 14, 202307 mins

Bessie O’Dell explains how bias towards people from Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic (WEIRD) societies skews research.

Continue reading
  • Change MT21
  • Diverse perspectives
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Opinion
  • Past Issues

Why diversity matters: an interview with Dr Alex Ramadan

The Oxford ScientistApril 22, 2022May 25, 2022018 mins

Georgia Shave speaks with Dr Alex Ramadan, a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Oxford Physics department about the impact of including marginalised people in Physics.

Continue reading
  • Change MT21
  • Diverse perspectives
  • Health & Medicine
  • Opinion
  • Past Issues

Why genetic research is too white

The Oxford ScientistMarch 11, 2022March 28, 202207 mins

Ever since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, genetic research has developed in leaps and bounds. However, despite genomics being at the forefront of the scientific field, it faces one major flaw; genetic research is too white.

Continue reading
  • Opinion

How important is diversity in STEM?

The Oxford ScientistMay 26, 2021December 1, 202208 mins

By Georgia Shave People working in science get to decide what is important, and how it gets researched. These decisions determine what society views as truth in science. When there is a lack of diversity in the people deciding what counts as truth, we are only getting a partial scientific perspective. Having only a partial…

Continue reading

Receive our Newsletter

* indicates required

Most Read

  • NHS
    A National Learning Healthcare Service: The future of the NHS?
  • Plastic pollution
    Bacteria: Taking a bite out of climate change
  • Flywheel
    The wheels on the bus… return of the flywheel
  • Animals
    Neo-taphonomy: From modern bones to the fossil record in Africa
  • CO2 Emissions
    Can waste carbon dioxide solve the global plastics problem?

Brainwaves

Brainwaves
Opinion
What happens when your family turn into impostors?
Newsmatic - News WordPress Theme 2023. Powered By BlazeThemes.
  • About
  • Get Involved
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}