The most important career choice you'll make is who you marry...

... says Sheryl Sandberg (board of directors for Facebook).

Really interesting discussion on woman's hour this week for a "graduate special" to address the issues facing graduates in 2012.

Today they discussed "should female graduates consider their future families in their career plans?".  You can listen to individual chapters of the program by looking at the bottom of the woman's hour webpage.

Comment: The Academic Jungle

Recently published in Oikos, the article "The academic jungle: ecosystem modelling reveals why women are driven out of research" authored by two Australian scientists O'Brien and Hapgood, makes some interesting comments on the career development of female researchers.
Questions such as "Is lecturing the ideal part-time role or a female ghetto?" are posed alongside  the idea that publications make publications, leading to non-linear disadvantages for those who take career breaks or work part-time in academia.The authors even go so far as to make strategical recommendations for women at different stages of their career such as in part-time employment or after a career break, and for managers and administrators in the university system, to make the most of female members of staff by recognising opportunities and encouraging productivity.

It is really interesting to see an article on such a topic published in Oikos, and for it to get such a large audience.

If you cannot access the full article (permissions etc..) then it has been reviewed in the Science Daily and at the Phys Org.