Childcare crowdfunding campaigns aim to keep mums on the academic track

For financial support, researcher parents are turning to crowdfunding programmes — some of which target mothers of colour specifically. Credit: Getty As Ava, a postdoctoral researcher at a top-tier university…

How the Pandemic Sparked an Academic Mother’s Writing Career

For female academics, the narrative of our careers readily falls into two eras: before Covid hit and after. Before the pandemic, we bore the disproportionate burden of service, were less…