This episode is the first in a four part series for the month of August 2020. Here we have interviewed Dr. Y. Ohene and asked her about her experiences progressing past a PhD. Crucially she answers the question "how do you get a paying job in STEM?".

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In this episode the hosts discuss how universities and their associated EDI teams can actually hold ethical and productive debates about any marginalisation and how it effects STEM without harming those affected by the marginalisation.

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In this episode the hosts discuss the problems with institutional scicomm efforts and how much more should be done to support grassroots organisations if systematic change is to be made.

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In this episode the hosts discuss the history of colonialism and how it has influenced modern medicine.

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In this episode the hosts discuss the effects of colonialism and how it has lead to the current global climate emergency as well as how to effectively make change on both local and global scales(and it does not involve going vegan!)

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In this episode the hosts discuss how the lack of intersectionality in the Athena Swan Charter actually hinders women more that it helps them.

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Equality Challenge Unit official webpage for the Athena Swan Charter -https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/•Institute of Physics webpage on Project Juno-http://www.iop.org/about/diversity/initiatives/juno/index.html#gref•Equality Challenge Unit official webpage for the Race Equality Charter -https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/race-equality-charter/•Athena SWAN Charter points –https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/about-athena-swan/•“Certifying Equality? Critical reflections on Athena SWANand equality accreditation”-documentpublished by the University of Warwick looking at the problems with the Athena SWAN charter and institutional accreditationschemeshttps://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/research/centres/gender/calendar/certifying_equality_a/certifying_equality_-_critical_reflection_on_athena_swan.pdf•Article on the ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor often used in STEM -https://www.editage.com/insights/inadequate-representation-of-women-in-stem-research-the-leaky-pipeline?refer=scroll-to-1-article•The problem with the ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor-https://slate.com/technology/2017/10/the-problem-with-the-pipeline-metaphor-in-stem-education.html•BBC articleon pay gap between white academics and academics of colour -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46473269•Vox article on intersectionality and the creator of the term-https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination•Taylor and Francis Online article-“Competing inequalities: gender versus race in higher education institutions in the UK”oArticle highlighting how Athena SWAN has only primarily benefited middle class white womenhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131911.2019.1642305

•Paper published by LoughboroughUniversity evaluating the effectiveness of Athena SWANstating that the majority of institutional “Champions” were middle class white womenhttps://www.ecu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/advancing-women%E2%80%99s-careers-in-STEMM-evaluating-the-effectiveness-and-impact-of-the-Athena-SWAN-Charter-FINAL.pdfMedia recommendations:•Sehher –Nappy Headed Jojoba:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0Ms3VmhcLlNVMk41zBOIw•Pruthvi –This Book Will Save Your Life –A.M Holmeshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Book-Will-Save-Your-ebook/dp/B008RKEYPM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37DYJFMDSV7KO&keywords=this+book+will+save+your+life&qid=1582230916&sprefix=this+book+will+sa%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1•Karel –Down and Out in Paris and London –George Orwellhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Paris-London-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141393033

Episode 3 of the POC2 podcast where the hosts discuss their experiences with the current STEM curriculum.

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Show Notes for POC2 Podcast Episode 3

Article on Satyendra Nath Bose, Dark skinned Indian physicist and mathematician who formulated the concept of bosons, Bose-Einstein statistics- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose

Article on Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Arthur Eddington, and how Eddington’s racism hindered Chandrasekhar’s life and work - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/mar/31/research.highereducation

POC2 article on Prof. Subrahmnyan Chandrasekhar -

https://poc2.co.uk/2018/08/30/dr-subrahmanyan-chandrasekhar-theoretical-physicist/

Why Ben Shapiro is wrong on his view that science is white - https://www.juancole.com/2019/05/shapiro-science-white.html

POC2 article on Sameera Moussa - https://poc2.co.uk/2018/10/09/dr-sameera-moussa-nuclear-medicine/

Indian Space Research Organisation website - https://www.isro.gov.in/

POC2 article on the Mars Orbiter Mission and the women who helped make it happen - https://poc2.co.uk/2018/09/09/the-indian-women-involved-in-the-mars-orbiter-mission-m-o-m/

POC2 article on the bad reporting by the BBC on the women involved in MOM-

https://poc2.co.uk/2018/09/14/how-bbc-news-reports-on-woc-in-stem/

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology university in Hawaii resource on Polynesian wayfinding-

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/courses_html/OCN201/laboratory/Lab_Readings/Navigation_Reading_1-11-2012.pdf

Huffington Post article on how eastern religions and science are more compatible-

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/are-eastern-religions-mor_b_628533?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAZswaiZ66z4KkdkdzsJgS_u7F9MkqI0XIg9_TKLwLm7L-kJMsj0GnmYPAzyRoBU8qW5DjyuqXeuYO2cdRdvs505NLkuyheFPRlDBFft1cywxkdFtiEWdFLlceq3T4r4zcj6u4_BL-OxclSDm-F2-QprBcvid6Lae850cdPvoGDk

POC2 webpage on unethical practices in STEM -

https://poc2.co.uk/unethical-practises-in-stem/

Article on science in medieval Islamic world-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world

Article on the Islamic Golden Age-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age

Sanitation and the filtration systems in the Indus Valley-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation_of_the_Indus_Valley_Civilisation

Black Death-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague

Cholera and the Thames-

http://www.choleraandthethames.co.uk/cholera-in-london/the-great-stink/

Plague doctors-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor

Book titled: Blood and Faith: the purging of Muslim Spain by Matthew Carr-

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xe1cEsnX2yYC&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=isabella+of+spain+bathing+muslim&source=bl&ots=43u4T0lgN4&sig=ACfU3U1dIIPYE_I_LMFj4UGDlA9DEhsSNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDkcLXzY_nAhXllFwKHe7VDLc4ChDoATAAegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=isabella%20of%20spain%20bathing%20muslim&f=false

Muslimvilla article on the disgusting hygiene habits of European royals-

http://muslimvilla.smfforfree.com/index.php?topic=3219.0;wap2

Medium article on Fritz Haber-

https://medium.com/the-mission/the-tragedy-of-fritz-haber-the-monster-who-fed-the-world-ec19a9834f74

Heisenberg and nazism -

https://physicsworld.com/a/werner-heisenberg-controversial-scientist/

Media recommendations!

Quotas Full podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5BbBHdcwVJxe1PKvK1d1LM

Ōkami - https://store.steampowered.com/app/587620/OKAMI_HD/

Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild - https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-switch/

Episode 2: Experiences with getting a PhD in physics as Womenin STEM.

[Social medial links, Shownotes + a transcript can be found on www.poc2.co.uk]

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Show Notes Episode 2

What is a PhD? - https://www.findaphd.com/advice/finding/what-is-a-phd.aspx

Our guide on how to get a PhD - https://poc2.co.uk/2019/07/07/how-to-get-a-phd-in-stem-by-a-black-and-a-brown-woman/

BME attainment gap - https://www.ecu.ac.uk/guidance-resources/student-recruitment-retention-attainment/student-attainment/degree-attainment-gaps/

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/guidance/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/student-recruitment-retention-and-attainment/degree-attainment-gaps

Lack of BME students in PhD programs - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/12/look-at-how-white-the-academy-is-why-bame-students-arent-doing-phds

Drinking in academia -

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/jan/22/why-do-academics-drink-so-much

https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/12/drinking-problem-in-academia-alcohol-abuse-among-faculty-members.html

https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/12/some-disciplines-heavy-drinking-part-culture-can-be-problem

Number of ethnic minorities in STEM - https://poc2.co.uk/media/, “Sector Factsheet: Ethnic minorities in STEM”, “Improving diversity in STEM”

BME students outperform white students pre-university - https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2019/02/ethnic-minority-pupils-get-worse-degrees-and-jobs-even-if-they-have

Chinese being the most common nationality for BME PhD students - https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Research--Policy/Statistics/International-student-statistics-UK-higher-education

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/education-51149445

Leading Routes report, how of the total 19,868 PhD funded studentships awarded by UKRI research councils collectively, 245 (1.2%) were awarded to Black or Black Mixed students, with just 30 (0.15%) of those being from Black Caribbean backgrounds (UKRI, 2019). https://leadingroutes.org/mdocs-posts/the-broken-pipeline-barriers-to-black-students-accessing-research-council-funding

PhD doctoral loan - https://www.gov.uk/doctoral-loan

Article criticising self-funded PhD’s + PhD loans -

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/19/who-are-the-new-phd-loans-really-for

Article on problems facing postdoctoral academics -

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jun/05/insecure-employment-for-postdoc-researchers-is-leading-to-bad-science

UCL BME scholarship -

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/campaign/news/2018/nov/ucl-announces-brand-new-scholarship-programme-support-uk-bme-postgraduate-students

Lack of career progression for BME - https://poc2.co.uk/media/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46812493

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/nov/16/do-universities-have-a-problem-with-promoting-their-bame-staff

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jul/10/racism-in-uk-universities-is-blocking-bame-academics-from-the-top

https://hechingerreport.org/despite-decades-of-pledging-to-hire-more-black-faculty-most-universities-didnt/

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/04/black-female-professors-report?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46473269

Racism in Oxbridge - https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/37888/1/im-a-black-student-at-oxbridge-heres-the-real-story

POC2 article on how to get a PhD as an applicant of colour -

https://poc2.co.uk/2019/07/07/how-to-get-a-phd-in-stem-by-a-black-and-a-brown-woman/

Media Recommendations!

Stellaris - https://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/

The Sims 4 - https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4

Alyssa Cole - https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Alyssa-Cole/e/B00I0EK99U/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

Recommended book - https://amzn.to/30I8TTS

Intro and Outro music:

Blippy Trance - Kevin MacLeod: https://filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance/

Episode 1 of the POCSquared Podcast. An Introduction to decolonising STEM!

[Social medial links, Shownotes + a transcript can be found on our website www.poc2.co.uk]

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Show Notes for POC2 Podcast: Episode 1 Decolonising STEM: A Beginners Guide - Introduction

Intro + Outro music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

BME attainment gap - https://www.ecu.ac.uk/guidance-resources/student-recruitment-retention-attainment/student-attainment/degree-attainment-gaps/

How to get a PhD for Women of colour - https://poc2.co.uk/2019/07/07/how-to-get-a-phd-in-stem-by-a-black-and-a-brown-woman/

Lack of people of colour in UK curriculumns - https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/jul/18/where-are-the-black-scientists-artists-and-thinkers-in-university-syllabuses

Racism in science

Eddington - https://poc2.co.uk/2018/08/30/dr-subrahmanyan-chandrasekhar-theoretical-physicist/

Hubble - https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/03/books/the-cosmic-egoist.html

Advances to Western navigation made to facilitate slavery [Note how it says the invention of the Marine Chronometer was used to accelerate colonialism] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_chronometer

Medicine

HeLa Cells - https://poc2.co.uk/2018/09/03/hela/

Black mothers 5 times more likely to die in childbirth than white mothers in the UK as of 2019 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006sg5 / https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47115305

Experimenting on enslaved black people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

Decolonise QMUL - https://decoloniseqmul.wordpress.com/

Goldsmiths AntiRacism - https://twitter.com/goldantiracism

Ursula Le Guin - https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Left-Hand-Darkness-S-F-MASTERWORKS/dp/1473221625/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CZ37QQXY6BQK&keywords=ursula+le+guin+the+left+hand+of+darkness&qid=1564679471&s=gateway&sprefix=ursula+le+guin+the+lef%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-1

For Harriet - https://www.youtube.com/user/ForHarrietdotcom

Naomi - https://www.comixology.co.uk/Naomi-2019-1/digital-comic/744991