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RisingWISE: developing enterprising women in STEM

Tuesday, 14 January 2025 to Saturday, 22 March 2025, 4pm - 9pm

Hosted by mpls.enterprise@mpls.ox.ac.uk

RisingWISE is an established Oxbridge programme and network inspired by EnterpriseWISE: designed by women, for women.

COURSE DETAILS

Women are being urged to pursue careers in STEM subjects, where they often excel, but face a huge disparity in achieving success and leadership roles. 

RisingWISE has been developed to address this challenge, bringing together women early career researchers from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to meet with women working in industry and commerce, who face similar challenges. Rather than existing in competition with each other, we have developed an innovative, collaborative programme with Cambridge, including working closely with industry to build mutual relationships, which aims to benefit STEM researcher women from both institutions, and all involved. 

Feedback has been consistently high - with 100% of attendees saying they would recommend participating to a friend or colleague, and an overall rating of 9.5/10 for the whole experience. We won the MPLS Equality & Diversity Award and were also finalists in the University of Oxford Vice-Chancellors’ Diversity Awards 2020. Please see the 'Impact' and 'testimonial' sections on our webpage for further recommendations.  

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Over the course of the 6 days, you will be immersed in a programme that will:

  • Provide helpful tools and techniques to help you think through your chosen path.
  • Expand your knowledge of industry and collaborative research & development.
  • Highlight opportunities beyond academia.
  • Create a forum to meet women who are working within industry and academia.
  • Develop your networking, mentoring and leadership skills.

BOOKING INFORMATION

Applications for the next cohort are now open click here.

INTENDED FOR

RisingWISE is tailored specifically for women* early career researchers working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in both academia and industry.

*We also welcome non-binary people who are comfortable in a space that will discuss women focused experiences.

Additionally, each year we welcome a small number of DPhil students who are nearing the end of their studies and are thinking about next steps.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information about the RisingWISE programme please visit the RisingWISE webpage. 

Any questions?  Contact Louisa Trevail at: mpls.enterprise@mpls.ox.ac.uk.

DATE / TIME

We run the programme in a blended format and believe this enables an optimum balance between online and in-person. Exact timings will be provided when applications are open, but please check your diary for ALL the days below as you will be expected to attend the course in its entirety:

 

Social pre-meet in-person - Tuesday 14 January 2025 (16.00-17.30: Careers Lounge, Careers Service, 56 Banbury Rd, Park Town, Oxford OX2 6PA)

Day 1 online - Saturday 18 January 2025 (09.00-17.00)

Day 2 online - Saturday 25 January 2025 (09.00-17.00)

Day 3 online - Saturday 8 February 2025 (09.00-17.00)

Day 4 online - Saturday 1 March 2025 (09.00-17.00)

Days 5 and 6, final weekend in-person - Friday 21 March 2025 (12.00 - 21.00) and Saturday 22 March 2025 (09.00 - 21.00)

Note for the final weekend

Cambridge participants are invited to join us in-person in Oxford. Transport, accommodation and meals are provided for our overnight guests. You will travel back to Cambridge the morning of Sunday 23 March. 

Oxford participants are day delegates and will join for an included lunch on Friday 21 March and stay until networking/drinks finish at 19.00. Lunch and a celebratory full cohort dinner are provided for all Oxford participants on Saturday 22 March. 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

When registering for this course, please check our Terms and Conditions.

Additionally please find our privacy notice associated with RisingWISE applications.

TESTIMONIALS

Thank you so much for the most incredible, and genuinely life-changing series of weekends. It is by far the best thing I have ever done for my career and myself.... I have already raved about Rising WISE to every junior colleague and woman I know, so I would love to see it continue. The whole event was so smoothly run, and the content was incredible. (Michele Veldsman, Oxford)