Athena Swan

My Mentor and I: A Panel Discussion about Effective Career Support Relationships

Monday 24 June 2013, 12pm - 2pm, Senior Combination Room, St Catherine's College. Hosted by the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Institututional Affairs, Professor Jeremy Sanders, this session explores good practice in developing effective mentoring relationships. The panel will include both internal and external mentors and mentees, who will share their experiences of mentoring relationships. This panel … Read More

Newly Elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Congratulations to Professors Sadaf Farooqi, Rebecca Fitzgerald, Sharon Peacock and David Ron who have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. All are based in the Clinical School - Sadaf and David in the Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Rebecca in the Hutchison/MRC Centre and Sharon in the Department of Medicine. Also, congratulations to Dr David Jayne, Addenbrookes … Read More

Careers in Research Online Survey (CROS)

The survey will be 'live' in Cambridge between Tuesday 7 and Monday 20 May 2013 http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/cambridge/cros2013 Respondants to the survey may choose to be entered in a draw to win an iPad. CROS is a national survey which seeks to gain information from respondants about their experience of working as members of research staff, including perceptions of working relationships with … Read More

Elections to the Royal Society

Congratulations to Professors Gillian Griffiths and Maria Spillantini on their election on Thursday 2 May 2013 as Fellows of the Royal Society - both are based in the Clinical School. Gillan as CIMR's Director and Maria in the John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair. Full details can be found on the Royal Society's website http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2013/ … Read More

Athena SWAN workshop: Sharing Good Practice and Action Planning

Monday 17 June 2013, 14:00-16:00, Room 6 Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Mill Lane, Cambridge This workshop will highlight examples of good practice for progessing gender equality from within the University and from other institutions. It will also look at how to create a SMART action plan for Athena SWAN related initiatives. This talk is part of the Equality and Diversity Events series. For a full … Read More

Returning Carers Scheme Pilot in March 2013

There was a very good response to the Scheme and the School was able to award funding to 19 researchers from various departments across the School. The use of the funds varied considerably from a few hundred pounds to cover additional child care costs enabling applicants to attend important conferences, to larger research support awards to allow researchers to get back on course with their … Read More

UNESCO-L’OREAL International Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences 2014

The UNESCO-LOreal International Fellowships are designed to identify and reward fifteen deserving, committed and talented young women scientists from all over the world, active in the field of life sciences. Fifteen US$ 40,000 fellowships (not to exceed a 2 year period) are available to young women who are carrying out research in life sciences all over the world. These fellowships will be … Read More

Society of Biology’s Science Communication Awards 2013 – Apply by 31 May 2013

These awards are intended to reward outreach work carried out by both young scientists and established researchers to inform, enthuse and engage the public. The competition is open to bioscience researchers from UK universities and institutes and there are two categories of award. New Researcher - Prize £750Established Researcher - Prize £1,500 Further details are available … Read More

FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award 2014

Nominations now open! The FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award is a joint initiative of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). Launched in 2007, the aim of the award is to highlight the major contributions made by female scientists to life sciences research. Winners of the award will serve as inspiring role models for future … Read More