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Last broadcast on Mon, 27 Sep 2010, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Presented by Jane Garvey. Gifted lives: what happens when gifted children grow up? Over a 35 year period, psychologist Joan Freeman recorded interviews with gifted and talented children, and monitored their progress as they grew up. What happens to a child when he or she is labelled as special in this way? And how best should a parent deal with a brilliant mind? The Visible in Stone online exhibition looks at how women's suffrage and trades union movements influenced architecture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Nano Scientist Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu talks about the work and we hear about three women who formerly worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. are suing the Wall Street firm for what they say is purposeful and institutional gender discrimination that unfairly favours men for pay and promotions.
Goldman Sachs Class Action
Three women who formerly worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. are suing the Wall Street firm for what they say is purposeful and institutional gender discrimination that unfairly favours men for pay and promotions.
The class action lawsuit alleges Goldman has engaged in a systematic "pattern and practice" of discrimination against women in mid to upper level roles in the firm.
Goldman Sachs says the suit is without merit and insists they make extraordinary efforts to recruit, develop and retain outstanding women professionals.
We find out more about this case and ask why is there such a gap in the number of women at the top in the financial services industry. Jane discusses with Suzanne Goldberg, Professor of Law at Columbia University; Jacki Zehner, former partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs.
Visible In Stone Online Exhibition
An English Heritage website looks at women Visible in Stone. Jane is joined by historian, Dr Cheryl Law and Rachel Hasted from English Heritage, to discuss how the women’s suffrage and trades union movements influenced architecture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; and how capitalism facilitated the emancipation of women.
Gifted Lives – What happens when gifted children grow up?
Over a 35 year period, psychologist Joan Freeman recorded interviews with gifted and talented children, and monitored their progress as they grew up. Each individual was initially measured as being in the top 0.2% of the population in intelligence. So how did each child cope? How successful did they become as an adult? What happens to a child when he or she is labelled as special in this way? And how best should a parent deal with a brilliant mind? Jane discusses the issues with Joan Freeman, Anna Markland, former gifted child who has gone on to be an international success in the music world, and with former gifted child, Jocelyn Lavin.
Gifted Lives: What Happens when Gifted Children Grow Up by Joan Freeman. It will be published by Routledge on 7 October 2010.
Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu
Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, at the School of Pharmacy, University of London. In 2007 she was awarded the Woman of Outstanding Achievement award in Science Engineering and Technology. Her research explores how nano particles can be used to help deliver drugs to the body. Her other current area of research is using genes to kill cancers and she’s designed an anti-cancer gene medicine, currently in pre-clinical development. She joins Jane to talk about this research and the controversy surrounding nanotechnology.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Three women who worked for Goldman Sachs are suing the Wall Street firm. Suzanne Goldberg, Prof of Law at Columbia University and former partner and MD at Goldman Sachs Jacki Zehner discuss.
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Chapter 2
How the women’s suffrage and trades union movements influenced architecture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Historian Dr Cheryl Law and Rachel Hasted from English Heritage discuss.
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Chapter 3
What happens to gifted and talented children when they grow up? Anna Markland and Jocelyn Lavin both former gifted children and the psychologist Joan Freeman discuss.
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Chapter 4
Ijeoma Uchegbu is Prof of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience. Her research explores how nano particles can be used to help deliver drugs to the body. She joins Jane to talk about the research.
Broadcast
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Mon 27 Sep 201010:00
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