The Eleanor Glanville Centre’s next Be Inspired! Lecture: “My Brilliant Career – and other stories” Dr Kate Thomas, Birmingham City University, will take place Tuesday 3rd July

Abstract:

Kate’s current research, titled Gender(s) At Work, investigates how gender shapes experiences of employment and career in higher education. This research is aligned with Kate’s involvement in the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all staff within the sector.

In this presentation, Kate introduces and reports on her research, but also traces the choices and transitions within her own ‘career’; mapping experiences and ideas which have led her to challenge and critique the taken for granted in all her research. As a poet and cartoonist, Kate also shares some of her recent experiments with the poetic and the visual as ways to further explore and communicate her research findings

• Tuesday 3^rd July
• SLB0006 Steven Langton Building
• Registration 16:45 – 17:15
• Lecture 17:15
• Wine Reception 18:15 – 19:30

Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas is Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager for Athena SWAN at Birmingham City University, UK. Kate specialises in interdisciplinary enquiry into higher education, gender and inequalities and has a particular interest in social geography and spatial research methods.Between 2007-2014, Kate was the national convenor of the UALL (Universities Association for Lifelong Learning) Women in Lifelong Learning network. She is currently Co-convenor of the SRHE Access and Widening Participation Network.

The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.

To book your tickets click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/be-inspired-lecture-dr-kate-thomas-tickets-42193520957

The School of Life Sciences is hosting a University-wide event to celebrate Early Career Researchers (ECR) and their contribution to research at the University of Lincoln as part of ECR week.

The event will take place in JBL on Monday 18th June from 4pm. It will feature the inaugural Research101 competition, open to all ECRs (particularly ‘postdocs’) from all Colleges.  Present your research in 101 seconds with the aid of one slide or prop, or nothing at all, for a chance to win a £101 cash prize.

All ECRs, staff and students are invited to come along to provide support and mingle over food and drink with live music from a local band.

The annual Early Career Academic Research Week will take place the week commencing Monday 18^th June 2018. Information sessions, workshops and activities will be taking place across the whole week.

The agenda can be found in the ECR Summer Programme 2018 poster.

If you would like to book onto any of the sessions please visit the following links.

Please note that whilst this programme of activities has been developed with Early Career Academics in mind, it is open to all research staff across all four colleges.

Although not directly related to life sciences, this should be a really interesting lecture. On Thursday 21^st June when they will be hosting a public lecture from Wendy Sadler MBE, from Science Made Simple.

Wendy Sadler is the founding Director of Science Made Simple and a lecturer in Science Communication and Engagement at Cardiff University. She is a fellow of the RSA, University of Wales Trinity St. David, and the ERA Foundation. She was a contributing member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales, Chair and co-author of the Task and Finish report on STEM engagement in Wales and contributor to the ‘Talented Women for a Successful Wales’ report for the Welsh Government. Her passion for using innovative methods to bringing STEM subjects into wider culture has led her to receive awards including the EU Descartes Laureate in Science Communication, the Leading Wales Award (Social Enterprise), Welsh Woman of the Year (Science and Technology), WISE Excellence Award and UKRC Woman of Outstanding Achievement. She was awarded an MBE in 2017 for services to Science, Engineering Communication and Engagement.

The talk will be titled “The XX Factor” and you will join Wendy Sadler MBE on a journey meeting six amazing women in STEM who are mostly unheard of despite their achievements. Discover what ground-breaking work they did and meet the modern-day scientists they inspired along the way. From sparks, light and gravity, to musical moments and crazy paper chains, this presentation has lots of demonstrations and audience interaction to engage all types of audiences. You’ll never look at a gherkin in the same way again!

The talk will be held in the Isaac Newton Lecture Theatre, and registration will be in the Isaac Newton Building Atrium at 5:30 for a 6pm start and an approximate 7pm finish. There will be refreshments before and after, and an opportunity to meet and mingle with Wendy following the lecture. You can book your place to attend here.