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NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WEEK 12 - 21 MARCH 2010

Cassie Miller — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:58:17 +0000

National Science and Engineering Week - the nation's largest celebration of science kicks off this week running from March 12 - 21 2010. In 2009, over 1.4 million people took part in 3,500 events throughout the UK. Coordinated by the British Science Association, in partnershi

WOMEN IN MATHS TWO DAY MEETING 15-16 APRIL 2010

Cassie Miller — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:12:44 +0000

Women in Mathematics Two Day Meeting 15-16 April 2010 is an annual event organised by the London Mathematical Society. Sessions at the day will include talks and posters by women mathematicians in a variety of appointments and at different career stages.

SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES FACING FINES FOR BREACHING STUDENT NUMBERS IN STEM SUBJECTS

Cassie Miller — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:06:06 +0000

Scottish universities face being fined or having to slash numbers if they recruit too many students under a Government initiative to boost the economy, reports The Herald newspaper. The position has arisen after a Scottish Governme

2010 L’OREAL - UNESCO UK & IRELAND WOMEN IN SCIENCE FELLOWSHIPS

Cassie Miller — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:57:03 +0000

Calling all female scientists! Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 L'Oreal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women in Science Fellowships (worth £15,000). The L'Oréal UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science are awards offered annually by L'Oréal

TECH GRADUATES IN DEMAND WITH RECRUITERS IN 2010

Cassie Miller — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:16:24 +0000

Good news for I.T graduates - new research published by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) predicts a rise in demand for tech graduates by around a fifth in 2010, reports influential technology website silicon. The AGR's latest Graduate Recruitment Survey&nb

READY SET… GET BLOGGING! CELEBRATING ADA LOVELACE DAY MARCH 24TH 2010

Cassie Miller — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:27:10 +0000

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science, named after the world's first programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852).

CALLING ALL STUDENTS - EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2010 RECRUITMENT

Cassie Miller — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:43 +0000

The Edinburgh International Science Festival are now recruiting staff for the 2010 Science Festival. If you are available between Saturday 3 - Saturday 17 April and are keen to be part of one of the greatest Science Festivals, take a look at the positions they have on offer;

NETWORK RAIL RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN AIMS TO ATTRACT FEMALE RECRUITS

Cassie Miller — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:30:34 +0000

Network Rail has launched a new campaign to attract more female recruits and tackle outdated perceptions of the rail industry which have led to a "scandalous waste" of talent.
Only 2% of applicants to the rail company's apprenticeship scheme over the past five years have been women, while women made up j

FEMALE WORKFORCE HAS GROWN BUT 'PROBLEMS STILL FACED'

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:48:17 +0000

Over the past 50 years, the western world has experienced a dramatic social revolution.The economic empowerment of women, which has allowed millions to become socially self-sufficient, represents a remarkable change not just because of the short amount of time it took, but because th

TOP FIVE WOMEN IN I.T ARE CHOSEN

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:57:54 +0000

An IT blog has chosen five women who it feels have most impacted on the technology industry in 2009.The female role models were picked for their part in the "revolution" of women "who re-engineer the human experien