Women in Science & Engineering networking event
General event
Women in Science & Engineering networking event
- Event time: 9:00am
- Event date: 20th April 2012
- Location: Lecture Theatre T250, Joseph Black Building
Event details
Please join us for Women in Science and Engineering, a one-day networking event that is open to all male and female academic staff, fellows, postdocs and PhD students.
Programme
Presentations from invited speakers
Poster sessions
Break‐out discussion sessions
Discussions on various aspects of a career in SET for women:
- Barriers to career progression
- Funding climate in the UK
- Work/life balance
- Maternity/paternity leave issues
- Academic vs. Industrial careers
Confirmed speakers so far
Prof Sally Price, Department of Chemistry, University College London
Fiona Rutherford, Shell Global Solutions, Netherlands
Prof Julia Buckingham, Centre for Integrated Mammalian and Physiology and Pharmacology, Imperial College London
Find out more
Carole.Morrison [at] ed.ac.uk
Further information
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