Opportunities
Applications for the L’Oreal Women in Science Fellowships
2015 were announced this week. The
fellowships (and award of $25,000) is open to Early Career Researchers who work in a range of fields including material sciences, physical
sciences, mathematics or engineering.
For information on how to apply see http://loreal.scienceinpublic.com.au/
Articles
A couple of articles of interest this week, the first is a
report from the UK’s IOP about their naming of Juno Champions in University
Departments (I may be a little biased in liking this news, as my old department
UCL was named) http://www.iop.org/news/15/feb/page_65037.html We’re certainly taking a lot of interest in
the IOP’s Juno project, which aims to ‘The aim of Juno is to recognise
and reward departments that can demonstrate they have taken action to address
the under-representation of women in university physics and to encourage better
practice for both women and men.’ http://www.iop.org/policy/diversity/initiatives/juno/index.html
Also an interesting read is a post by Athene Donald on her
blog http://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/2015/02/27/why-cant-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man-2/
a response to the recent concern’s that the UK’s Royal Society wasn’t treating
women fairly http://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/2014/09/25/is-the-royal-society-treating-women-fairly/
Donald’s insight, she regularly sits on
other Royal Society panels, is really interesting. There’s
also an interesting comment stream on the post too.
Events
Those of you in Sydney might be interested in the Women in
Science forum, hosted by UNSW at the National Maritime museum this Friday http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/events/science-5050-women-science-symposium
, including the launch of their 50:50 project.
There’s an option to watch the launch via the web if you’re further
afield.
For those of you in Victoria, you may be interested in the ‘F
word – science’ event at Melbourne’s wheeler centre on the 16th
April http://www.wheelercentre.com/events/science
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