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Seminar "Success Strategies for Women in Science"
Friday 26th October 2007 from 14:00 to 16:00
The speakers were Peggy Pritchard, author of "Success Strategies for Women in Science: a Portable Mentor", Caroline Fox of the Royal Society and Annette Cashmore from the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester.
Peggy Pritchard spoke about "Maximising your own chances of success in Science"
Caroline Fox spoke about "Women and Science, Planning for Success- Good Practice in Action at University and departmental levels"
Annette Cashmore spoke about "Scientific careers; experiences and opportunities at the University of Leicester"
The Events for this new initiative were designed to be networking opportunities for women in various stages of their careers in science, engineering and technology. The scales of these events were designed to suit the work and learning schedules of participants.
4th October 3.30pm
Welcome Reception
All women students and staff in the Faculty of Science are invited to come along and meet with other women in science over refreshments
18th October 2.30pm
Big Sisters Introductory Meeting
Find out about our peer mentoring scheme
Link to: archive of past lunches
Regional Event 2007 - Wednesday 7th March
"Young Women Breaking Barriers in Science, Engineering and Technology"
Click here to see text and pictures of the event
Poster of event
Regional Event 2006 was on March 8th at the National Space Centre
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