Resources for Women
Spotlight on Women Mathematicians at Oxford
Resources for Women at Oxford
- Springboard Personal development programme for women.
- Ad Feminam Mentoring scheme to encourage women to pursue academic and administrative leadership positions.
- Oxford Women's Network (OWN) Connecting point for female students, staff and faculties. Forum for networking and providing information on issues affecting women.
- WomCam Women's Campaign is a discussion and action forum from the Oxford University Student Union which welcomes graduate and undergraduate students.
- OxFEST Society for Oxford Females in Engineering, Science and Technology which aims to promote and encourage women in their scientific careers through mentoring, social events and networking opportunities for career development.
In the News
- "A Point of View: Mary, queen of maths" BBC article about the important contributions of Mary Cartwright.
- Nature special: Women in Science. Feature several thought provoking articles, such as "Mind the gender gap", "Barred from the boardroom, "30-something science", "Most of us are biased" and "Quotas are questionable", among many others.
- Advancing Women in Mathematics: Good Practice in UK University Departments. Report based on the first ever survey focusing on women in mathematical science departments. Launched at the House of Commons on the 27th of February, the report examines existing areas of good practice and enables benchmarking against the national picture.
- New guidelines for gender equity in science. Working guidelines produced by the Early and Mid Career Researcher Forum of the Australian Academy of Science to ensure that women and men have equal opportunities to pursue a successful career in science.
Resources for Women in Sciences
- GetSET Women An online network of women in STEM which runs mentoring and training programmes for women and provides an A-Z of advice for women entering, returning to or progressing in STEM careers.
- Mothers in science: 64 ways to have it all A Royal Society booklet provides profiles and career/family timelines of 64 women in science, including three researchers from the Mathematical Institute. The aim of the booklet is to show that it is possible to combine motherhood and childcare with success in scientific research.
- Mums in Science Network.
- Developing Systematic Implementation Strategy to Advance EU Policy on Gender Equality in Science, as part of HORIZON 2020, European Research Area and Innovation Union. Report from the 2012 European Gender Summit.
- A recent study http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109 shows that identical applications are judged differently if a male name is assigned to it than if the name is female. Both females and males may suffer from this unconscious perception bias.
- 6 Steps to gender equality and more essays about how every university can get more women to the top and why they should by Curt Rice.
- On not being Superwoman Melissa Terras (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities) explains how she balances having three pre-school aged children and academia.
- Mathematics: the right choice? Frances Kirwan (Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives).
- To sprog or not to sprog? Jane Sugars (UK GRAD) on the only project scarier than a thesis.
Resources for Women in Maths
The Mary Cartwright Lecture is an annual event organised by the London Mathematical Society Women in Mathematics Committee. It is named after Dame Mary Cartwright who was the first woman President of the LMS. The Mary Cartwright Lecturer is always a leading woman mathematician.
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