International Women’s Day talk with DCC Susannah Fish
March 3, 2016
On Wednesday 2 March, we were delighted to welcome Susannah Fish, Deputy Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police, to speak about her extraordinary career in an International Women’s Day talk. ‘You couldn’t make it up: my career and me’ saw DCC Fish share stories from her varied career with the police, from successes to challenges to the …
Celebrating women in STEM
July 3, 2015
Yesterday was the fifth annual WinSET (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology) conference at the University. This is an annual event which brings together women working in STEM subjects, organised as part of the work of the WinSET group. I live-tweeted the event – you can read the storify here, or scroll down for a slide-show …
Engineering — not just for boys
March 6, 2015
It’s International Women’s Day today. So it seems appropriate to share the thoughts of one of our top engineers on the subject of how STEM subjects are VERY DEFINITELY #notjustforboys Being in an engineering faculty means working closely with industry, and seeing the impact of our work on real systems. That’s certainly #notjustforboys — says …
STEM is #notjustforboys at UoN
February 19, 2015
UoN technician extraordinaire Kelly Vere and her colleagues have been featured as part of a national government campaign to promote women in traditionally-male working environments — the #notjustforboys campaign. She explains why in this guest blog post. The Employment Minister Esther McVey MP and the Department of Work and Pensions launched the #NotJustForBoys campaign yesterday, …
Athena SWAN award for Malaysia campus faculty
October 15, 2014
The University is the first institution to hold an international Athena SWAN award — recognising its commitment to supporting women and advancing their careers across all campuses. Congratulations to the Faculty of Science at our Malaysia campus — amazing work. The Malaysia press release is below. It’s also on the Malasia campus website here. The …
Addressing the imbalance — WinSET conference 2014
April 30, 2014
I attended a planning meeting for the WinSET conference 2014 yesterday, and the programme is looking good. I’ll give you a quick overview… The keynote speakers are Baroness Brenda Dean, honorary president of WinSET, and Sarah Dickinson, Policy Manager at Athena SWAN. Baroness Dean was created a Life Peer in 1993 and a member of …
