Guest Post: Operation Talla – Leadership in a Pandemic

Sarah Johnson is the Superintendent for Operation Talla, Northamptonshire Police “I am the force lead for Northamptonshire Police’s for Operation Talla, this is the Police response to the Coronovirus pandemic. My ‘normal’ day job is as the Head of Operations, armed policing, dogs, public order, and other specialist disciplines and associated command roles. In the …

Guest Post: Living La Vida Lockdown, But Not Loving It

Professor Amelia Hadfield is the Head of Department of Politics and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) at the University of Surrey “I’ll admit I’m not crazy about working from home. But I also enjoy a challenge, so I attempted to get my head around the idea early on, and set up …

Guest Post: The Balancing Act

Chloe Duckworth is a Degree Programme Director for Archaeology at Newcastle University “People often used to say to me before the birth of my son that there’s no ‘perfect’ time to have a baby. Equally, I’m certain there’s no ‘good’ time to be under lockdown, although – to misquote Tolstoy – every unhappy quarantine situation …

Guest Post: What I Learned from the Expert Women Project

Jillian Evans is Head of Health Intelligence for NHS Grampian “How do you know when you’ve become an ‘expert’?  Are you defined as such based on qualifications or experience? Is it because you are a good speaker and confident? Can you get your message over well? Are you interesting?   All of these things is what I’ve become through the expert women project.  I have got many years …