News & Events
03.12.07
W:ISE (Women: investing in Skills for Entrpreneurship)
This programme is an ESF funded project and offers workshops, action learning sets and networking opportunities to all women, those thinking about setting up a business and to those who may have been running a business for some time. The project acheived Prowess (www.prowess.org.uk) status in 2005 for delivering excellence in women's enterprise development.
Rachel Martin is interested in creating an internal Women's Enterprise Hub at the University of Salford. This hub would bring together key individuals from across the University to collaborate in the understanding, promotion and shared of these female based projects. Is this something you would be interested in getting involved in? Do you know someone who would. For further information, or for any other questions about the initiative, please contact Rachel Martin on 57301, or email r.e.martin2@salford.ac.uk.
You are also invited to attend the W:ISE Christmas Event on the 12th December. For more details, and to book a place, please see the invitation.
28.11.07
Press Release for the WAVE Project and Conference
The Project Manager has given a press release about the project and the conference on the 5th December. To read this press release, please visit: http://www.salford.ac.uk/news/details/617
14.11.07
Flying Start Programme for Women - Deadline for Submissions 21.11.07
The above programme gives all the training and support you need to turn any idea into a business within 12 months. The programme is free and is is aimed at anyone planning to start and base a business within the UKL (please see website for eligibility criteria). It is also open to those who have just begun to trade (within the last 6 months). This programme includes a 3 day residential course (food and accommodation included), 12 months personal mentoring and top-up meetings for fine tuning help.
Women of any age who are current final year students, recent graduates and post-graduates have until 21st November to submit their applications. Please visit http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/women for further details and to submit an application.
06.11.07
Reproduced Sound 23 Conference: Hall of Sound. Audio for Live Events
29 & 30th November 2007 at The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle
You are invited to the above conference - hosted by the Institute of Acoustics - on the 29th & 30th November. Papers will cover a wide range of topics, with emphasis on issues relating to live music and speech. Presenters are industry professionals including product designers, consultants, manufacturers, contractors, end users, researchers, educators and musicians. Meeting and learning together can help produce great audio!
People who should attend: sound engineers, musicians, designers, architects, consultants, manufacturers, contractors, end users, researchers, educators and students.
To find out more, and to register for the event, please visit http://www.reproducedsound.co.uk or telephone Judy Edrich on 01727 848 195.
02.11.07
WAVE Conference, Wednesday 5th December 2007 at BBC Manchester
You are invited to attend the dissemination conference for the WAVE project. This event will give you the opportunity to hear about the project findings, and a chance to discuss these findings with the project team. For further information, and to register for the event, please visit: http://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/wave/conference.php
17.07.07
The Moira Anderson Foundation Benefit Show, Saturday 28th July at the Lowry Theatre
You are invited to an evening of outstanding acclaim with drama, music and commentary by EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN, from North of the Border, featuring international best selling author Val McDermid. For more details, see the attached information sheet.
17.07.07
Women Returning to SECT - Training Dates
This training is for women at degree level or above in science, engineering, construction or technology (or those who have experience of that level). If you are not currently working in SECT, or if you are unemployed but wish to return to the sector, then this training is for you! For further details, and for dates of these training sessions, please download the attached information sheet, or visit http://www.jivenorthwest.org.uk for further details. Information Sheet To register for a place at any of these events, please complete the registration form.
04.07.07
Northwoods Housing Open Day 9th July 2007
Northwood Housing have vacancies in construction/technical services and are encouraging women to come forward, anyone interested should come see the attached flyer for more information about this event: flyer.
31.05.2007
FUSION Conference and Exhibition 13th July 2007
Join the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET for the first UK conference and exhibition on women business owners in Science, Engineering, Construction, and Technology. This event aims to open doors to new market opportunities for female business owners in the SECT industries and inform corporate and Government procurers on how their supply chian can benefit from untapped talent. This event will take place at Aston Villa Football Club on 13th July 2007. To book your place at this event, please download the booking form.
31.05.2007
Business Leadership for Women in Technology 5th July 2007
The second annual Business Leadership for Women in Technology will take place on the 5th July 2007 at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. For details of this year's event, and to register your place, visit: http://www.lwtforum.com.
This year's event promises to be very exciting: the line up of distinguished speakers includes
- Dr Louise Makin - Chief Executive Officer of BTG Plc
- Bibiana Boerio - Managing Director of Jaguar Cars
- Anne Widdop - Engagement & Business Integration Services Director IBM UK
- Professor Lynda Gratton - Organisational Behaviour London Business School
- Sarah Churchman - Head of Diversity and Development at PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Charmaine Eggberry - Managing Director and Vice President at EMEA Research in Motion (RIM)
- Julia Payne - Chief Executive Officer at Centre for High Performance Developement
- plus many more
23.05.2007
Do you want to improve the North West Construction sector?
You are invited to the launch of the 'Deconstructing Barriers' report with recommendations for employers, stakeholders and policy makers in the region. The event takes place on Friday 15th June. To register for a place at this event, please email Lisa Bonney at lisa.bonney@cskills.org by 1st June. For further information, please view the invitation.
23.05.2007
Workplace Culture - Making a Positive Impact 19th June 2007
The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC) is hosting an afternoon seminar where the key issues regarding organisational culture and their effects on women, and how these can be addressed will be discussed. The event will be held at the Institute of Physics in London. Please open the programme for more details on how to register: Programme.
11.05.2007
Women in Enterprise Event on Wednesday 23rd May 2007 at the JJB Stadium, Wigan
This exclusive event is designed to give you the opportunity to hear how the government want to help entrepreneuring women. The event is FREE. For further information please contact Emma Libertini (Project Coordinator) on 01925 715 240, or email: emma.libertini@wbv.org.uk. The above event is organised by the Cheshire and Warrington Business Venture.
27.04.2007
National Network of Women Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists - Your Opinions Wanted!
UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
The UK does not currently have a national network of women scientists, engineers and technologists.
We are keen to know what women in science, engineering and technology think about this - would a national network be useful? If so, what should its main objectives and functions be?
Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=95853383191 and complete a short survey, and circulate this email to your friends and contacts so that we can have the widest possible feedback.
This survey has been developed from a collaborative effort involving several women from a variety of organisations, including Cambridge AWiSE and YTKO, and has been funded by the UKRC for Women in SET. We plan to hold a meeting of interested parties to discuss the results of the survey and more information will follow on this.
After discussions amongst a number of people we have made a start in defining what we think it might involve. You can find out more information about what we are proposing at www.setwomen.co.uk and we welcome any comments/suggestions/assistance. The development of this proposal will be informed by the results of the survey.
Networks are important sources of information and support as well as a means of giving their members a joint voice. We propose that this network would be for all women working in academia, industry, enterprise, public sector as well as those on a career break. We suggest that this network could have three main functions and outline these briefly below:
1- Voice: Enable women to express their opinions and have a voice with which to inform public policymakers, employers and public perceptions. This might be achieved by holding regional meetings about specific topics or by providing online discussion forums.
2- Networking: Organise local meetings around the country to allow women to share ideas, inspire and learn from each other.
3- Information and Resources: To help signpost women to sources of training and advice that are currently available. To provide specific information, for example about job sharing or part time working. To publish inspiring articles, podcast interviews, case-studies of women in SET.
Other countries have national networks and you might like to look at the following for inspiration:
Canadian Society for Women in Science and Technology (www.scwist.ca) Association for Women in Science (USA) (www.awis.org) WISE-NET Australia (www.wisenet-australia.org)
20.04.2007
Calling all Audio Video Engineers in the North West....
We would like to invite all engineers from the Audio and Video arenas across the North West to participate in this research project, which will examine gender segregation in this industry. For more information, please view our flyer: Women Audio Video Engineers.
20.04.2007
Wates Women into Construction Event
Want a career in construction? Wates are holding a careers event on Wednesday 23rd May, 2007 at Manchester Town Hall. For more information on how to book, please view the attached flyer: Women into Construction
12.03.2007
Climate for Change Survey
The UK Government-funded Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) in collaboration with engineering staffing specialist EPCglobal is conducting a short survey of 1,000’s of SET professionals to coincide with the 3rd annual UKRC conference on 14th March 2007, entitled ‘Climate for Change.’
The online survey (open from 8th March to 11th March) takes five minutes to complete and will allow SET professionals worldwide to deliver verdicts on humanity’s prospects, some of the proposed ways to minimise climate change and also on the role of women. (This survey is not an academic exercise: It is hoped the results will deliver clear and compelling majority verdicts on a select number of issues which will become points of discussion for conference delegates and when distributed, to the SET community and policymakers more widely.)
The results will be announced at the conference, which senior UK Government policymakers and industry captains will attend. The conference occurs in UK National Science and Engineering Week which for the second year in a row has climate change and the environment as its main theme.
The survey is anonymous, although you are free to leave your details at the end to be emailed the results. Please find a link to the survey here: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2268PQ9Y7W7
13.02.2007
FREE EVENT - Business Case for Women in SECT
This event has been organised by the Jive Northwest Hub and will take place at Turf Moor Football Club, Burnley, East Lancashire, BB10 4BX on Friday 23rd February 2007. The event is to provide Business Support for companies working in Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology. Places are limited and must be reserved in advance. For further information, and to book your place at the event, please complete the attached invitation and return to Chris Gold (chrisgold@blackburnehouse.co.uk) by Wednesday 14th February.
12.02.2007
New Year, New Business, New You!
If one of your New Year resolutions was to start your own usiness, then you may wish to read on! Cheshire and Warrington Business Venture have teamed with Link International Business Solutions and host Chris Beckett, with over 25 years of consulting self-employment experience, to deliver a FREE Business Start-Up Event for Women.
We are running FREE events throughout the Cheshire and Warrington area to benefit people who wish to become self-employed or those who have a business and employ representatives who need to have the knowledge to become a confident consultant.
The event is structured to equip you with Start-Up business advice from Business Plans to Grants and Financing to Employing staff and consultants, with a network lunch where you can discuss your opportunities with Qualified Business Start-Up Advisers. To view further information, please see this leaflet detailing further information of the FREE events.
You may also be eligible to access £100 grant to help start your new venture!
We are a government funded free service, if you have any queries on any aspects of starting or developing your business please do not hesitate to contact me on: Telephone: 01925 715240 or Email: emma.libertini@blinkcw.co.uk
09.02.2007
Opening of the "Women in SECT" Exhibition
The Jive Northwest Hub for Women in SECT will be launching a "Women in SECT" exhibition at the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester on Friday 9th March. Places are limited at this event, and must be reserved in advance by Monday 5th March, 2005.
To register for the event, please email Rae Bezer (r.l.bezer@salford.ac.uk) with the following details:
Full Name, Organisation, Contact Email and Telephone Number, Dietary Requirements (if any), Access Requirements (if any), and car registration (if requiring a car park space).
09.02.2007
Join our Mailing Lists
We have recently created mailing lists for individuals and organisations. If you would like to hear more about our research, and any forthcoming events, then please visit our 'Contact Us' section and complete the online form. As the project progresses, we will also be disseminating our findings to interested parties via Newsletters and Workshops. If you wish to be included in the distribution of this information, please do not hesitate to contact the WAVE Team.
09.02.2007
Papers and Conference Proceedings listed on the WEWIN website
Following the conclusion of the WEWIN project, the team will be detailing papers that have been published and conference proceedings at which they will make presentations based on the WEWIN findings. The first of these have now been listed (see Papers & Conferences on the WEWIN website). The team will update this information as papers are published and abstracts have been accepted. Please keep checking the 'Papers & Conferences' page for updates.
If you would like to invite the team to submit a paper or an abstract for your publication or event, please contact r.l.bezer@salford.ac.uk.
09.02.2007
Young Persons' Award for Innovation in Acoustical Engineering enters second year
Nominations are now being invited for the above award. The biennial prize was first awarded in October 2005. Judges will be looking for entries that are: innovative and inventive; fesible and practicable; moneysaving; green; end-user friendly; timesaving or that are improvements to existing processes.
The winner will have their name engraved on the prestigious solid silver trophydesigned by British silversmith Alfred Pain of Leathermarket, London - and receive a solid silver replica to keep. Other prizes include a luxury weekend break for two in Barcelona with £500 to spend; tickets for a show of their choice at one of the city's theatres; and either lunch with Dr Higini Arau, Spain's leading performance space acoustician and Master of Barcelona University or a visit to IDIADA, one of Spain's state-of-the-art acoustic testing facilities. The prize is provided by sponsors IAC.
The Award is offered by the Institute of Acoustics, is sponsored by IAC Limited (UK employer of many of the UK's best acoustical engineers). Closing date for entries is the 30 March 2007. For further information please visit: http://www.ioa.org.uk/viewpress.asp?pressID=51.