External organisations
EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS
- Equality Challenge Unit: registered charity working to further and support equality and diversity for staff and students in higher education institutions across the UK and in colleges in Scotland.
- WISE Campaign: This organisation inspires girls and women to study and build careers in science, technology, engineering and manufacturing (STEM), and advises organisations on how to create environments where those women can do their best work and thrive.
- Stemettes: Their mission is to ‘inspire the next generation of females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields by showing them the amazing women already in STEM via a series of panel events, hackathons, exhibitions, and mentoring schemes.’
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Maryam Mirzakhani’s success showed us the challenges women in maths still face
31 July 2017
Dr Vicky Neale, Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute, discusses the work of Maryam Mirzakhani in an article first published on The Conversation.
The solar-powered observatory bringing astrophysics to rural India
23 May 2017
A worldwide network of observatories established by Professor Katherine Blundell from the Department of Physics is helping young people, especially girls, in the developing world to engage with science education.