<p>Our first event of the year was a social one at the Wine merchants. We enjoyed a wine tasting focused in women winemakers. Alice Archer proved to be an expert and entertaining host. We learned about how women have made a difference in vineyards and wineries worldwide. From well-known champagne houses as Veuve Clicquot (widow [&hellip;]</p>

<p>  Talk starts at 20:00. A short AGM will follow. Download the poster here Book now closed.</p>

<p>An adventure involving 75 international scientists with an agenda to change the world. Deborah Pardo, a Research Associate at Lucy Cavendish College, was part of the first Homeward Bound expedition, a groundbreaking leadership, strategic and science initiative for women, set against the backdrop of Antarctica. The inaugural voyage took place last December. The initiative, turned [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Don&#8217;t forget to book for our first event of the year: wine tasting. The theme will be women winemakers. It is a great opportunity to chat with and enjoy the company of other women who work in STEM and related areas. The evening includes the tasting of several good quality wines, and some food (usually [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Speed networking, stories of real-life professional women and mince pies. That could be a recap of the 2016 winter networking, but it was so much more. During the speed networking, the room was filled with energy as attendees changed partner every five minutes. This allowed everybody to make more contacts and to hone their networking [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you missed this workshop or love it and want to attend to an improved version book now for the Relaunch your career event. Read more here &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- By Ruchi Chauhan “I

<p>The Homeward Bound Project is an extraordinary leadership and strategic initiative. It aims to enhance the influence and impact of women in science to ensure the sustainability of our beautiful planet. This year-long state of the art program will see 77 women scientists from around the globe develop their leadership, strategic and scientific capabilities with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>CamAWiSE Winter networking 2016 Networking is an amazing tool for helping you progress in your career. So why not join us for a fun and relaxed evening of networking &#8211; a splendid opportunity to make new connections and build beneficial relationships. For part of the evening, we will hear about the inspirational professional experiences of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Don&#8217;t miss the second event of the WiSE UP workshops. &#8216;Getting noticed on LinkedIn&#8217; facilitated by Cathy Sorbara will be held November 15th at Lucy Cavendish. LinkedIn has over 332 million users, 17 million in the UK alone. 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to vet candidates. Keeping your LinkedIn profile up-to-date makes you 18 times [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you missed this workshop or love it and want to attend to an improved version book now for the Relaunch your career event. Read more here &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; We all have a particular orientation towards work and our professional goals. We approach our work with a certain set of priorities and values, which we call “career anchors”: [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) and CamAWiSE held their 10th annual event &#8216;What next for your career in science&#8217; on 30th June. Hayley Sharpe, a Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), Burcu Babaoglan Fiehler, Clinical Trials Coordinator at the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit (CCTU) and Ryan Fiehler, Senior Scientist at F-star [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Don’t miss the first event of the new CAMAWiSE season. Booking for ‘Career anchors: identify your strengths &amp; values’ is now open to all. &nbsp; Learn more and book here. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The biggest challenge for women wanting to progress in their careers in STEM is achieving a Work-Life Balance (WLB). That was the principal idea behind a survey The Babraham institute sent to all its workers. The majority enjoy their research but they are not happy with the number of hours they have to dedicate to it.  With [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Join us for a meal at: The Castle Inn 38 Castle Street Cambridge CB3 0AJ Tuesday 20th September 2016.  No need for payment in advance. This is a social and all are welcome. Reserve your place at Eventbrite: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/social-camawise" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/social-camawise</a> if you would like to come along and pay for meal/drinks on the night. 7.30pm start for [&hellip;]</p>

<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>