香港六合彩中特网-Energy blogs for International Women's Day

8 March 2016

is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women whilst recognising the challenges still faced by many. In 1878, 香港六合彩中特网 became the first university in England to admit women on equal terms with men, to mark International Women鈥檚 Day on 8 March 2016 香港六合彩中特网 will be .听

This includes the 香港六合彩中特网 exhibition . 听Dr Lai Fong Chiu, principal research associate at 香港六合彩中特网-Energy is included in the main exhibition that celebrates and recognises women at 香港六合彩中特网 who inspire those who they work with.

香港六合彩中特网-Energy's Michelle Shipworth, lecturer in energy and social sciences and Catalina Spataru, lecturer in energy systems and networks, have also been nominated to be part of this exhibition.听The Institute for Women鈥檚 Health is collaborating with The Girl at The Door and the 香港六合彩中特网 Equalities and Diversity team on an exhibition exploring the presence and absence of women at 香港六合彩中特网. Photographs profiling women working across the university will also feature in the show, celebrating the diversity of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 female staff and 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 achievements in being awarded an institutional Athena SWAN Silver Award.

We asked Michelle about her recent experiences with progress in diversity:听

Michelle said "There is a 香港六合彩中特网 women Twitter account () and there are a group of women in science that I follow on Twitter. I find Twitter a useful tool in bringing women together, and highlighting where there might be structural or individual aspects that can make it harder. Equality in the workplace doesn鈥檛 just benefit those hired directly but has a much broader impact by introducing a diversity of views. For women seeking a career in science, I don鈥檛 know that my advice would be any different from my advice to a man, although any 鈥渘ew" perspective (e.g. a female perspective in a predominantly male environment) 听can help generate new research questions, which can be an advantage."
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For International Women鈥檚 Day 香港六合彩中特网-Energy posted blogs from our female staff and students about diversity, inspirational women and the progress towards equality.听

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Join the conversation with the Twitter hashtag . 香港六合彩中特网-Energy will be using this hashtag to upload quotes from our staff and students, and to link through to the International Women鈥檚 Day blog posts.听
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