Departmental news
School of Engineering Achieves Silver Athena SWAN Award
Warwick School of Engineering achieves the Athena SWAN Silver Award representing commitment to gender balance.
WiE scholar, Emma Osbiston, won a summer placement at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron at Harwell
Emma, who is an undergraduate electronic engineering student, completed a project entitled R03: A Raspberry Pi Tomography Beamline Controlled Through Twitter during the three-month placement. The project allows 3D models to be created in a very unusual way and can be controlled by Twitter. Details of the project are featured in the March 2019 edition of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine.
Read more on The MagPi website
Raising Awareness on Bullying and Harassment -13 June 2019
On Thursday 13 June, the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Medical School Athena SWAN committees will jointly be hosting an event on 'Raising Awareness on Bullying and Harassment'.
Please, register for this FREE event.
If you have any queries, please contact asevent2019@warwick.ac.uk
The Warwick Women’s Engineering Society (WWES) is having its official launch on Friday 8th March
Our Warwick Women’s Engineering Society (WWES) is having its official launch on Friday 8th March in A401, 1700-1830
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This date is International Women’s Day, so it’s a great way for us to mark this in the School of Engineering!
Come along to our official launch event!
Celebrating our affiliation with the SU, we will be joined by WES representatives for an evening of networking and an introduction to who we are and what we aim to achieve!
Food and drink will be provided throughout the evening!
School of Life Sciences achieves Athena SWAN silver charter award to 2022
The School of Life Sciences achieved a Silver Athena SWAN Charter Mark in the 2018 submission round. The charter mark is an important indicator of work undertaken to address gender equality in academia and professional and support roles.
In the same round the University retained its Silver award and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) received a Bronze award.
Supporting Women's Careers in Science
On Tuesday 4 July 2017 (10:00 - 18:30), the School of Life Sciences is proud to host a national Athena SWAN event on the topic of 'Supporting Women's Careers in Science'. This event will take place in the Medical Teaching Centre at the Gibbet Hill Campus of the University of Warwick. The event is free and all are welcome to attend. Registration is now open.
Head of Life Sciences shortlisted for BBSRC Innovation Award
Professor Laura Green, Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, has been shortlisted for an Innovator of the Year award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Nominated in the ‘Social Impact’ category, Professor Green’s research has led to halving the level of lameness in sheep flocks - from ten percent to five percent - in a decade, saving a million sheep a year from becoming lame.
School of Engineering announces the winners of their Inspirational Women in Engineering Essay Competition
The final decision was far from easy with many excellent entries. Congratulations to the two successful students who win an organised visit to the Diamond Light Source synchrotron.