Published January 25, 2021, 5:35 PM
“I hope you will not get boxed in a particular way.”
This was the message of Dr. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Ph.D., a political science professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) to young researchers during the first webisode of iShare.
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
iShare is a digital storytelling platform initiated by the Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP), wherein the council’s Achievement Awardees share their challenges and triumphs in their chosen fields.
Through iShare, DOST-NRCP aims that more Filipinos, especially the younger generation will learn and get inspired from the real life’s experiences of Filipino scientists.
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UP, DLSU scientists’ inspiring stories featured on iShare pilot webisode
UP professor Dr. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem and DLSU professor Dr. Anthony SF Chiu are the featured achievers on the first webisode of iShare digital storytelling platform initiated by the Department of Science and Technology’s National Research Council of the Philippines.
The inspiring stories of scientists Dr. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem of the University of the Philippines (UP) and Dr. Anthony SF Chiu of De La Salle University Manila’s (DLSU) are featured on the digital storytelling platform iShare’s pilot webisode.
“To the young researchers, if you have the luxury to do what you want to do, write what you want to write, and I hope you will not get boxed in a particular way because you have to write in a particular way, I hope that opportunity will be open for everyone. It’s not just there. You also look for it.”
Jennifer Hunt
Women face a ‘glass ceiling’ effect during their careers in many sectors, and science is no exception. A recent Nature’s Editorial (claims that “[i]n the United States and Europe around half of those who gain doctoral degrees in science and engineering are female – but barely one-fifth of full professors are women” (Nature Editorial 2013). Although it occurs – even prevails – in many sectors, the existence of a glass ceiling for women in science is particularly jarring since, as claimed by Robert Merton, science should follow the norm of universalism according to which all scientists are judged objectively on the base of their scientific merits, regardless of their “personal or social attributes” (Merton 1942). The evidence of inequality in female and male scientists’ careers has urged many scholars to study whether observing few female scientists in highly ranked positions results from gender discrimination in the promotion or differences in prod
endIndex: Members of the Alliance of STEM Graduate Students and Workers - UP Diliman bare the statistics behind salary delays among their peers
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 11) Scientific research and development has been a lagging sector in the country, but this apparent neglect has bled through to the detriment of professional researchers.
Tin Bantay, a researcher at the University of the Philippines Diliman, last received a salary for the work she rendered in April. That payment was released in June, and she has been unpaid since then.
This was the experience of her fellow researchers working for a project. She was told upon signing up for the position that her wages will be initially delayed for three months, but that eventually became the norm.