[Wigsat-l] News from the UKRC

[Sophia Huyer]

From: Erica Williams
Sent: 26 June 2008 15:39
To: daphnet at imperial.ac.uk
Subject: News from the UKRC

UKRC LAUNCHES SPIDER NETWORK TO WEAVE EQUALITY INTO SCIENCE,  
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHS INSTITUTES
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and  
Technology (UKRC) held a workshop this month aimed at professional  
bodies in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) interested  
in improving their equality and diversity practices.

More than 30 representatives from the various STEM professional  
institutions and societies attended the workshop held at the Institute  
of Physics in London. The event, chaired by Peter Cotgreave, Head of  
Public Affairs at the Royal Society, who will continue to champion the  
network as it moves forward, was designed to establish and grow a  
network of institutes and societies. The network has been founded by  
the UKRC and its core partners; the Institute of Physics, the Royal  
Society of Chemistry and the Royal Academy of Engineering, under the  
name SPIDER (STEM Professional Institutions Diversity & Equality  
Resources).
http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=448

SANDI RHYS JONES WINS ‘FIRST WOMAN’ AWARD
Sandi Rhys Jones, a member of the UKRC’s Governing Body, has been  
awarded a prestigious CBI First Women award 2008.
http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/news/?news_id=456

Public Appointments
Strategic Food And Drink Advisory Group - Appointment of Chair and  
Members

The Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Rural Affairs is  
looking for a Chair and members of a Strategic Food and Drink Advisory  
Group to replace the Agri-Food Partnership Advisory Group.

http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/career_opportunities/publicapps/currentvacs/sfdag/?lang=en

Closing date: 3rd July 2008

Lay Board Members of the Architects Registration Board

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is the statutory regulator of  
architects in the UK. It was established by the Architects Act 1997  
and is a public corporation sponsored by Communities and Local  
Government.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/vacancies

Closing date: 9th July 2008

Appointment of Members to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) is an Assembly  
Government Sponsored Body (AGSB) responsible for funding universities  
in line with Welsh Assembly Government (WA G) policy objectives.  
Additionally, HEFCW has responsibility for quality assessments.

http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/career_opportunities/publicapps/currentvacs/?lang=en

Closing date: 14th July 2008

Members of the Board of Trustees for The National Library of Wales

‘One of the great libraries of the world’ Can you help make it greater?

http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/career_opportunities/publicapps/currentvacs/?lang=en

Closing date: 17th July 2008

Awards

The BCS IT Industry Awards

The BCS IT Industry Awards, the premier European Awards that recognise  
excellence and innovation in the management of business information,  
are open for entries! The Awards recognise organisations, projects and  
individuals that demonstrate vision and business skills through the  
implementation of successful projects utilising leading-edge business  
technologies.

If your company has undertaken an exciting new project, this is your  
opportunity to achieve public accolades and high-profile media  
coverage in the largest, most respected, independent IT Awards  
programme in Europe. The BCS IT Industry Awards are supported by  
Computer Weekly, the NCC and Intellect.

For background information and to review the list of categories,  
please download our Registration brochure: BCS IT Industry Awards  
Registration Details The closing date for entries is 1st August so  
register now with our entries team on +44(0) 207 234 3535 to receive  
your entry forms.

The BCS Awards dinner will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in  
London on Thursday 4th December. Over 1400 guests including finalists,  
press and VIPs attended the 2007 event at the Grosvenor House Hotel in  
December.

Vacancies

Chief Executive of the Equality and Diversity Forum

Seeking to recruit a Chief Executive with outstanding communication,  
negotiation and policy skills and the ability to engage at the highest  
levels in government and in the public, private and voluntary sectors.  
Working closely with the Chair, Board of Trustees and Forum members  
the CEO will be responsible for developing EDF’s vision, strategy,  
policy, resources and organisational structure.

http://www.edf.org.uk

Participation

Women in Technology role model profiles needed for global project

There is fantastic opportunity available to all women in technology,  
being organised by Sonja Bernhardt, arguably the highest profile women  
in technology in Australia. In addition to successfully running  
ThoughtWare, Sonja is the co founder of AWISE – Australian Women in IT  
and Science Entity, the founder of WIT – Women in Technology in  
Queensland. Sonja is also the only Australian inducted into the Hall  
of Fame for Women in Technology International (Silicon Valley – 2005).  
Sonja is working with SETwomen to secure two UK participants.

Sonja's project is that on one day, 11th August 2008, selected women  
in technology and their daily activities will be captured and profiled  
via photographic imagery and a diary of activity that day. The concept  
is to present a rolling "day in the life of women in technology," by  
capturing and presenting role models and images from across the world  
as the day rolls around the world. "Doing IT around the World" is not  
a traditional program. It is a different approach, a role model based  
initiative aiming to raise awareness and alter perceptions via reality  
based information presented in a way designed to capture global  
attention

11 August 2008 is the day that the Hedy Lamarr’s Spread Spectrum  
Patent was approved in 1942. Spread Spectrum is the basis of frequency  
hopping, wireless and mobile communications we use today. While a  
glamorous Hollywood star, Hedy Lamarr was key to the patent, and using  
this date draws further attention to the role women in technology have  
played historically.

The ultimate aim is to smash through the commonly held  
(mis)perceptions of women in technology and work towards addressing  
the IT skills shortage, by providing real-world role models and  
pathways on technology careers for younger generations and career  
changers. A key goal is to grab the attention of a wide variety of  
media across the globe as well as the general public through a  
coordinated media campaign in October. We want to demonstrate what  
women in IT can and do achieve in every continent, and raise awareness  
of careers in IT and the wonderful diversity of people who can  
contribute. Read more here.

If you, or someone you know, would like to be considered for  
participation, please email bev at setwomen.co.uk as soon as possible,  
giving a short overview of what you do, and why you'd like to take  
part. If accepted, you will not need to do anything other than provide  
good quality photographs taken on 11th August, and a profile of  
yourself.

GetSETWomen Database
Have you signed up to the GetSETWomen database –  
www.getsetwomen.org.uk – an online listing of women qualified and/or  
working in science, engineering, technology and the built environment,  
at every career stage.
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