IEEE-WIE (Women in Engineering) Affinity Group of IEEE NSB ( Northumbria Student Branch), IET- Northumbria On Campus Group and PGR Society jointly organised a “Unconscious Gender Bias Workshop” event on Thursday, 20th February 2018 to celebrate International Women’s day 2018!
The aim of the event was to celebrate the role of women in research and to help them build confidence. The first quest speaker Prof. Rebecca focused on
‘Why diversity matters and how can we achieve it together’, by Prof Rebecca Strachan
A large gender gap still exists across the technology, engineering and physical sciences disciplines despite many initiatives to address this situation. Creating a more diverse workforce including a better gender balance is important for both academia and other organisations. There is increasing evidence that more diverse workforces are more creative and innovative and ultimately perform better and are more successful. In this session, Professor Strachan will present further evidence around this issue, and invite the audience to give their feedback and contributions on this important issue, and how we can tackle it as a collective community.
Our second quest conducted a workshop on ‘Uncounscious Bias Workshop‘, by Dr. Carol Davenport
Have you ever read an article from one of the lead researcher in your field and uncounsciously assumed it was a man? Dr. Carol Davenport will challenge us to reflect on these gender biases that we all have even if we are not aware of it and that lead us to internalise and normalise certain form of gender inequalities.
The event was organised by PhD students, Geetika Aggarwal, Chair of IEEE-WIE Northumbria Affinity Group, Sivapriya Bhagavathy, Chair IET Northumbris OCG and Kahina, President of Northumbria PGR Society. The event was supported by Prof. Krishna Busawon, Northumbria IEEE Branch Counsellor, IET local Network, Julia Stockdale and Kristen MacCartney IEEE-WIE (Women in Engineering).
From left to right Organising Committee:
Isbellis (Secretary IET_OCG), Aga (IEEE-WIE Northumbria), Piyush (PGR society), Amalka (Secretary IEEE-WIE Northumbria), Kahina (President of Northumbria PGR Society), Prof. Rebecaa Strachan ( Facilitator for the event, Northumbria Univeristy,UK), Dr. Carol Davenport ( Facilitor, Northumbria University), Geetika ( Chair IEEE-WIE Northumbria Affinity Group) and Sivapriya (Chair IET_OCG)
Following on the above workshop, we are pleased to invite you all to attend the second day of celebration of International Women Day 2018 as its details shown clearly below.
This event will provide the attendees with a chance to be inspired by the experiences of Prof. Nicola Pearsall and Prof. Rosie Parnell, and to learn how to break the fear and unlock spontaneity with Bev Fox, founder and CEO of the improvisation company Improactive.
Event TWO details: Breaking the Fear and Unlocking Spontaneity
- Date:Thursday, 8th March, 2018
- Time:10:00 – 14:00
- Location: Northumbria Business and Law School, Room 403 CCE1, NE2 1UY, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Reserve your place by registering for a ticket by scan the QR code or via Breaking the Fear and Unlocking Spontaneity. A confirmation of your reservation will be emailed to you.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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