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Women at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø: Presence and Absence International Women’s Day 2016

15 March 2016

The exhibition ‘Women at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø: Presence and Absence’ was created to celebrate and recognise women at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø who inspire those they work with. There was a fantastic response to the call for nominations, with over 200 submissions, which shows the real impact Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø women have their colleagues. We are delighted that two members of Institute staff, Clare Futter and Nele Schwartz, were nominated.

The exhibition profiled women from across the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø community. A call went out asking staff and students to nominate a woman at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø who had influenced them – either by inspiring or encouraging, or helping them to think differently about their work or study. A panel, made up of representatives from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø’s equality groups, had the challenging but enjoyable task of selecting these 24 inspirational women from a pool of excellent nominees. As the response was so overwhelming, the panel considered it important to recognise everyone who had been nominated, so a booklet has been created profiling every nominee.