<p>Our much-anticipated ‘Media’ event took place on 14th June with media consultant, Don Powell, helping a group of us to peek behind the scenes of a press office. Previously of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Don was their first Press and PR Officer in January 2000, just as ‘genomes’ were hitting the headlines. Don gave [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Not sure what events are coming up? Wonder no more: sign up for our monthly newsletter and you’ll be sure to be among the first to know. We don’t bombard you with information; in addition to our newsletter, you’ll receive occasional emails to alert you when booking starts for a new event. You don’t have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When I first heard about the work of Dr. Suzanne Doyle-Morris: ‘serious games’ workshops to explore issues around subjects, in this case ‘Diversity’, I was intrigued. On 17th May, I got to have a go myself as Dr. Doyle-Morris, former member of CamAWISE, author and a professional business speaker, travelled from Scotland to run a workshop using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What is your current profession/background? I have just retired from working with a protein-families database, finding evolutionary relationships between proteins from all forms of life. I have started my own company to edit/proof-read STEM documents in readiness for publication. What point in your life led you to pursue a STEM career? My father was a dental surgeon interested in facial [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was another informative and entertaining session from Cambridge AWISE in April, when management trainer Kate Atkin joined us for a session on &#8216;Moving into management&#8217;. From her attention-grabbing opening story about her first management role, the only woman manager in a well-known bank, to the team activity where she had most of us tangled [&hellip;]</p>

<p>80% of today’s jobs are found through networking. Networking is about making connections and building mutually beneficial relationships. It is an amazing tool for helping you progress in your career and for learning about new opportunities. That being said, networking also brings a lot of discomfort, awkwardness, and frustration. At the latest CamAWiSE event, we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Whether or not you’re a mother, balancing home and work can be tricky. But there’s no need for motherhood to derail a successful career or vice versa. Working mums Penny Clayton and Wendy Reus are proof of that. Last week they visited Cambridge AWISE to give a workshop based on their book Spinning Plates, called [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Four women. Six minutes. One career dilemma. Three very different proposed solutions – and one action agreed on. It&#8217;s mentoring, but not as you know it. Mentoring – regular support and guidance from a senior person in your field – is a hugely valuable experience. It&#8217;s widely recognised to be one of the key ways [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Around 150 schoolgirls and their parents braved a stormy night to attend our STEM careers event at Netherhall School, Cambridge on the evening of November 9th. Their reward was to hear eight inspirational young women, working or studying in the sciences, IT and engineering, talk about their career paths to date. There were also information [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We&#8217;ve all been there – standing in front of a room packed with people, with something important to say. Whether it&#8217;s our research findings, a new business plan, or a keynote lecture, it matters that we get that message across. Many of the members of AWISE are experienced speakers, particularly when it comes to presenting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Held at Schlumberger’s Gould Research Center, a suitable venue as the backdrop, that brought together the Institute of Physics, CamAWiSE, and Schlumberger to play host to Dr Sarah Bohndiek. Dr Bohndiek, whose research cross-cuts both physical and biological sciences, introduced her comprehensive, rigorous and exciting research in the techniques to detect and understand cancerous cell [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the third part of the WiSE UP 2015 series, Nina Cooke, a confidence coach, presented an interesting workshop on discovering how to feel confident and valued to be able to thrive in our everyday lives. We started by closing our eyes and reflecting on uncomfortable questions, to name but a few; how many times [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Another successful season of CAMAWiSE events is complete. But we don’t look back for long, we’re well into planning our calendar of events for 2015-16. We do hope you can join us for one or more of them! We have the final event in our workshop series on October 13th: Jane Goodall’s Communication Skills Masterclass. (Booking for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Meetings. We have all, at some time, endured them, led them, organised them, maybe even enjoyed them! Everyone probably has their own idea of how they should be run and what they should be for. And at our recent event, I think we must have heard just about every possible point of view on bad [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Linda Cockburn led a thought-provoking discussion in the second workshop of the Cambridge AWiSE WiSE UP series entitled &#8216;The secrets of high-performing teams&#8217;. Her innate ability to listen, engage and educate set the stage for an evening of lively, open discussion. Before we could learn the secrets behind successful teams, we first needed to understand [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There were some 70 participants at this our 9th annual meeting at the LMB. Held on 9th June, this lunchtime event was ably organised by Alex Philips at the LMB and Gayle Sullivan for AWiSE. All three speakers were alumnae of the LMB, so their careers truly resonated with the audience. We were presented with three [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Cathy Sorbara Cambridge&#8217;s Trinity Hall played host on Thursday May 21st 2015 to a wonderful and lively evening panel discussion looking at how we will keep up with the ever-growing energy demand. The event chaired by Raheela Rehman kicked off with an introduction to CamAWiSE by Claire Lucas, the CamAWiSE Co-Chair. The evening discussion [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Gayle Sullivan The first CamAWiSE workshop &#8211; the careers series is returning for 2015 &#8211; was on the tricky subject of Unconscious Bias. Why tricky? Mainly because our biases are often unconscious or in other words in our subconscious without us being aware of them! Linda introduced us, in smaller groups, to some recent [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Gayle Sullivan The first CamAWiSE workshop &#8211; the careers series is returning for 2015 &#8211; was on the tricky subject of Unconscious Bias. Why tricky? Mainly because our biases are often unconscious or in other words in our subconscious without us being aware of them! Linda introduced us, in smaller groups, to some recent [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This was part of the Science Festival programme and was held at Lucy Cavendish. There was a disappointingly small audience for what was a fascinating and well-structured talk pitched for a generalist public about a subject we should all know more intimately. My guess is that the title put people off &#8216;Melioidosis – the paddy [&hellip;]</p>