QMUL has launched the “Dignity and respect” champions network. This aims to provide confidential advice for those targeted by harassment or bullying. This is a service providing guidance, assistance and advice for any members of staff. It also provides a
Free conference event Women in Engineering 14th June
As part of IEEE ICC conference a free event “Women In Engineering: The journey continues” will be held on 14th June. The times are 10:00-12:45 GMT-4. (Which translates to the slightly awkward 5:00-7:45 in BST). There are a great selection
Royal Society report on Ethnicity in STEM
The Royal Society has put their commissioned report on ethnicity in STEM online. You can find the full report here https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/2021/trends-ethnic-minorities-stem/ The aim of the report was to look into why “talented black people are not finding science careers in
International Women’s Day events at Queen Mary University
10:00-11:30 Challenging Antisocial Behaviour with The Active Bystander Company This interactive workshop will help you to address problems you’ve encountered around addressing inappropriate behaviour and work towards building a healthy workplace culture of constructive challenge and personal responsibility. All sessions
International Women’s Day: Women Innovate
Free one day online conference on 8 March 2021 On 8 March 2021, Women in Innovation are holding a one-day online conference of ‘workshops, inspirational speakers and groundbreaking ideas.’ The event ‘aims to highlight the many inspirational female role models
WISE@QMUL International Women’s Day 2021 Virtual Conference
Women in Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London (WISE@QMUL) is a student group for discussion of female participation in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine). WISE@QMUL have announced a free two-day online conference to celebrate International
Celebrating Queen Mary Women in Science
The UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) aims to recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology communities. Queen Mary marked this day by highlighting some of our students, staff and
Wikithon to promote Women in STEM online (March 10th)
This online event organised by Imperial College, the Science Museum, the University of Leeds, the IET and the Women’s Engineering Society will take place on March 10th. Wikipedia needs updating to ensure it accurately reflects the many contributions of women
DeepMind PhD studentship available
DeepMind has a fully funded PhD studentship to start September ’21 which is in the area of AI or Machine Learning. The studentship is available to researchers who identify as female and/or are of Black ethnicity (as they are underrepresented
Inspiring potential STEM students
The issue of recruiting women in STEM is sometimes blamed on the lack of role model women scientists. There are some very nice posters produced by QMUL with images of women’s contributions to computer science. https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/2020/03/03/women-in-computing-free-posters-for-uk-schools-from-iocoding-digitalskillsmatter-jb/ Two organisations are seeking