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SET Women - Leicestershire Women in Science Engineering & Technology

e-Book - Acknowledgements

CREDITS

Writer/Designer: Tania Burchell
Editor: Gillian Butcher

Supported by the University of Leicester through a grant from the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering & Technology .

PARTNERS

LeicestHERday Trust , a charitable organisation that has hosted five years and counting of successful events to bring together the women of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for educational, professional and personal development and networking. Their patron is the Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, MP Leicester West, Secretary of State for Health.

SETPOINT Leicestershire is a regional office of SETNET, a "one-stop free shop" for learning information about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM activities) for businesses, teachers and students. They sponsor the Science and Engineering Ambassadors and have nationally funded resource centres across the UK.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Women and Equality Unit
• SET Fair: A Report on Women in Science, Engineering & Technology by Baroness Susan Greenfield. This is a direct link that will download the PDF.
• Institute of Physics Case Study on Professor Gillian Gehring OBE
• National Acclaim for Science Champion, Dr Audrey Matthews

THANKS

The author wishes to acknowledge that the inspiration for this book came from Space for Women, a publication of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Special thanks to the following University of Leicester staff for their help in getting this book completed: Stuart Lyon, Pam Pollin, Melanie Kidby, Pete Glew, Tom Smith, Ray McErlean and Nigel Bannister in the Physics Department; nearly everyone in Audio Visual Services.

Thanks to the women showcased in this booklet and to the women (and men) who inspired them.