Graduate Students
The Careers Service, in conjunction with the Oxford Learning Institute, runs a number of events and workshops designed especially for DPhil students. Among these, there are workshops on career planning, networking skills and CVs, applications and interviews. More details on this link.
The Women in Academic Careers Panel is designed for women considering pursuing an academic career. You can find out what life is like as an academic, understand different perspectives on balancing life with an academic career and get tips on how to succeed as a female in academia. Register via Career Connect.
A wide range of information on childcare services and support for staff and student parents is available here.
Mathematrix, Mathematical Community set up by Dr Lillian Pierce is a forum to discuss issues that are typically a concern to female mathematicians. However, the discussions will be relevant to all types and ages of mathematicians, and everyone, from undergraduate to graduate to postdoc to faculty, is welcome.
Mathematrix lunches take place every Friday 1-2 pm in the Higman Room, St Giles Building. Bring your own lunch, coffee and biscuits will be provided.
Mathematrix Lunches in Trinity Term 2013:
April 26 - Defining success
May 3 - Imposter Syndrome
May 10 - Stereotype Threat
May 17 - Solo Status
May 24 - Implicit Bias
May 31 - Dual-career families
June 7 - Role Models
June 14 - Long term goals
The Women in Mathematics Day is an annual event organised by the London Mathematical Society for women in mathematics to meet together, usually at De Morgan House in London for a day of talks and discussion groups. The talks are given by women mathematicians from a range of disciplines and who are at various stages in their careers. The event is aimed in particular at women postgraduates, final year undergraduates and those at an early stage in their career. The Mathematical Institute encourages attendance and can provide travel funding; contact the Chair of the Good Practice Steering Group for more details.
In 2013 there was a special two day event (April 18-19) hosted by the Newton Institute in Cambridge.
On April 30th the Royal Society hosted a Diversity Day: a one-day conference where the Royal Society showcased their activity to date in this area and provide more information on their research and events. The programme included:
- Women in science Wikipedia edit-a-thon
- An Oral History of Science Lives in the UK: a project exploring ethnicity and science
- Findings from research on socio-economic status in the scientific workforce
- STEM-Disability Committee projects
- Launch of the new diversity pages on the Royal Society website
5th Women in Mathematics Summer School on Mathematical Theories towards Environmental Models at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics- ICTP, Trieste (italy), 27 May 2013 - 1 June 2013, LB (Main Lecture Hall). http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?2468
Young Women in Discrete Mathematics Workshop, Bonn, June 7-9 2013. Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics, University of Bonn, Germany. http://www.or.uni-bonn.de/youngwomen
The 2013 Young Researchers in Mathematics Conference for graduate students and postdocs will be held in June 17-20 in Edinburgh. For more details see http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/YRM2013/
16th General Meeting of the European Women in Mathematics. Bonn, Germany. September 2nd-6th, 2013. Submissions for contributed talks and posters are invited. For more information about the conference, visit http://ewm-association.org/activities/conference/16th-general-meeting-ewm.
The first Heidelberg Laureate Forum will take place from September 22 until 27, 2013 and bring together the best students in mathematics and computer science with winners of the most prestigious awards in these two disciplines: Abel, Fields, and Turing Laureates. Detailed information can be found at http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/.
Women in Numbers Workshop. 14-18 October 2013 at CIRM in Luminy, France. Collaborative workshop focused on open research problems. The participants will be divided into small working groups. Each group will include a mix of 4-6 senior and junior women that will work on a project together. Room and board will be provided. 20 openings. Application deadline: April 1, 2013. www.math.ucsd.edu/~alina/luminy/
The Mathematical Institute Careers Event: Jobs for Mathematicians took place on Tuesday 22 January at the Mathematical Institute. It is expected that this event will be held every year http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/our-services/events-for-all/careers-fairs/.
The 2013 Mary Cartwright Lecture took place on Friday 1st March, 2013 at De MorganHouse, 57-58 Russell Square, London, WC1B. The speaker will be Margaret Wright, from the Courant Institute, New York University, and the lecture is titled: "A Mathematical Journey in Non-Derivative Optimization".
For future years, there are funds available from the LMS and the Mathematical Institute to contribute in part to the expenses of members of the Society or research students to attend the meeting. Please contact Elizabeth Fisher/Katy Henderson (womeninmaths [-at-] lms [dot] ac [dot] uk) and Lotti [dot] Ekert [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk for further information.
10 things I wish I had known before my Maths DPhil
10 things I wish I had known before writing my thesis
by Ornella Cominetti, former DPhil student at the Centre for Mathematical Biology.
The advice shared above was drawn from Ornella Cominetti's perspective having an applied mathematics background, and some of it may not be relevant to students pursuing a degree in pure mathematics. We welcome your feedback.
Here are some funding opportunities for female and disabled students. These are not comprehensive lists, and we welcome any suggestion on new funding oppotunities to add.
Funding opportunities for female graduate students
- Research Professional is a Comprehensive Research Professional funding opportunities database which offers researchers the opportunity to search for research funding in all disciplines from a wide range of sponsors in the UK and overseas. The University of Oxford subscribes to the Research Professional database and use is free of charge for all University members.
- Dervorguilla Scholarships. New scholarship for women graduates to commence their higher studies in the academic year 2013-2014 at Balliol College, Oxford.
- Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships. For women from developing countries or emerging economies.
- FFWG Funds for Women Graduates. Foundation grants (academic excellence) and emergency grants (for unforseen financial difficulties) for women studying or researching in Great Britain.
- The British Federation of Women Graduates offers scholarships to women studying in final year of their PhD in the UKIFUW.
- International Fellowships and Grants. For female graduate students or postgraduate researchers pursuing their research at a different country than their undergraduate studies.
- The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. For women studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, or a closely related technical field.
- Women’s Careers Foundation. For women over 21 years, citizens of the United Kingdom. Grants of around £250 are additional funding to that already secured by the applicant. Preference is given to applicants who are hoping to find employment at the end of their course. Applications for help with a second degree or PhD course are not considered, but master students are.
Funding opportunities for disabled students (For additional information, including funding, alternative examination arrangements and discussing and assessing your needs, go to the University's Disability Advisory Service website)
- The Mike Devenney Scholarship helps talented and independent minded disabled students, both undergraduate and postgraduate with some of the costs of studying at higher education institutions. They may be able to assist with fees, equipment and/or accommodation costs.
- The Snowdon Trust assists physically and sensory disabled people to access vocational and academic courses in the UK by awarding grants. These can be for equipment and essential study needs which cannot be met through other funding channels.
- Google Europe & Israel Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. Funding for disabled students studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, or a closely related technical field.
- Disabled students' allowance. Non means-tested allowance aimed at helping people with a disability or learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia) to study on the same basis as other students. Graduate students should contact the University Disability Advisory Service.
- SpLD (Specific Learning Difficulties) Fund. The SpLD fund can help towards the cost of a diagnostic assessment for dyslexia, dyspraxia or another specific learning difficulty carried out by an educational psychologist on the Proctors’ Panel. It may also be used to provide two sessions of specialist study skills tuition, which can help with strategies for addressing some of the difficulties associated with having an SpLD. (The SpLD Fund Form).
- AG Bell College Scholarship Awards Program for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired. International scholarship several scholarships for full-time students who are deaf and hard of hearing and who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited mainstream college or university. This is a merit-based scholarship program with award selection being extremely competitive. The number and value of awards varies from year to year.
- Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd. Offers financial grants to young people who have a hearing impairment and are residents of the UK.
- Gallaudet Graduate Fellowship Fund. Provides financial assistance to deaf and hard of hearing students who wish to pursue graduate studies at a university other than Gallaudet.
For more specific good practice resources follow these links:
Resources for Women - Parents and Carers - Disability - Harassment - Sexual Orientation - Race
Prospective Students - Undergraduate Students - Graduate Students - Postdoctoral Researchers - Staff
