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Opportunity
Now Campaign
Greenfield
Report: SET Fair, co-authored by Baroness Greenfield (Oxford), Dr
Nancy Lane (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology), Dr Jan Peters
(NERC), Prof Teresa Rees (Cardiff) and Dr Gill Samuels (Pfizer), 2002
The Government's response to SET Fair, A Strategy for Women in
Science, Engineering and Technology.
Further reading
Who
Wants to be a Scientist? Choosing Science as a Career by Nancy Rothwell Written
by the MRC Research Professor of Physiology at the University of Manchester,
this book covers topics such as choosing a PhD or Postdoc position,
successful interviews, preparing CVs, giving successful talks, publishing,
getting yourself
known, etc.
Cracking
It by Josephine Warrior A book to help women succeed in a career
in science, engineering and technology
Pandora's
Breeches: Women, Science and Power in Enlightenment by Patricia Fara
(Clare College) Nobel Prize Women
in Science: Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon
Bertsch McGrayne
Why
So Slow? The Advancement of Women by Virginia Valian A study of
why so few women occupy positions of power and prestige. Valian attempts
to make visible the invisible barriers (gender schemas) that retard
women's progress.
Sound bites, press releases and articles of interest
A symposium on 'Issues Facing Women in Science' was held at King's College, Cambridge on 28 October. The symposium, which was sponsored by the King's College Research Centre, was organised by
Professor Frances Brodsky, who is Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
The symposium produced a series of recommendations
for institutions, women scientists in training and senior women scientists.
Cambridge neurobiologist wins Royal Society award:
Dr Andrea Brand of the Department of Physiology, Development
and Neuroscience has been awarded the prestigious
Rosalind Franklin Award for 2006 by the Royal Society.
Women
in Science: breaking barriers in medicine 17 March 2005 Tolerance.org as part of its Women's History Month/Women in Science Series
Calls
to change contract culture 28 January 2005 THES
Letter
from President Summers on women and science 19 January 2005 The Office
of the President, Harvard University Why
women are poor at science, by Harvard President 18 January 2005 The
Guardian
Remarks
at NBER Conference on Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce
by Lawrence H. Summers, President of Harvard University. This is
the transcript of his controversial speech. It is dated 14 January 2005,
but was released some time later by The Office of the President, Harvard
University
External Links
Scientific
The Resource Centre for
Women in SET has been established to meet the recommendations
made in the Government's reponse to the Greenfield Report.
The centre
is established in Bradford College, and is supported by partnerships
with University of Cambridge, Sheffield Hallam University and The
Open University.The Athena Project aims to advance and promote the careers of women in science,
engineering and technology (SET) in higher education and research. A number of reports
and case studies describing good practice
are available.
Athena SWAN is an award scheme to recognise good practice leading to improved recruitment, retention and promotion of women in science,
engineering and technology in HE.
InterAcademy Council Report: Women for Science 2006. The InterAcademy Council embodies the collective expertise and
experience of national academies of science, engineering, and medicine from all regions of the world. It produces reports
on scientific, technological, and health issues related to the great global challenges of our time, providing knowledge
and advice to national governments and international organizations.
The Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine in the US has published a report
Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic
Science and Engineering (2006).
Also available from the National Academies Press in the US is the report
To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in U.S. Science and Engineering (2006) by the Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women
Scientists and Engineers in Academia and the Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council.
Cambridge
branch of AWISE, the Association for Women in Science and Engineering.
Daphnet, the women
scientists' mailing list hosted by Imperial College
MentorNet , an international
e-mentoring scheme for women in SET. The University of Cambridge offers
its undergraduate and postgraduate students the opportunity
to sign up for the mentoring programmes offered by MentorNet.
MentorSET, a national
mentoring Scheme for women in SET in the United Kingdom
Portia a website
for women in SET at all stages of their career (from school to
professorial
Scenta SET for Life (includes
section on career planning)
Next Wave
resources for scientists
The DTI's gender and innovation
pages Want to know something about women's contributions to science over the
last 4000 years? Have a look at the University of Alabama's
website for inspiration.
East Anglia LAWN (Local
Academic Women's Network) run from the University of East Anglia
An American Women
in Biology website with information about career planning, organisations,
a history of women scientists and more!
The American site, ScholarshipHelp.org,
is designed to help students applying for scholarships, as its title
helpfully suggests. Recommended by a
Women in
Biology (Cambridge) user.
General
Women and Equality
Unit
The Fawcett Society
with links to many other useful sites
Where women want to work
Women
Returners Network
The
Working Families website offers advice to working parents (and their
employers) and includes information on employee rights
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