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By Agnieszka Rutkowska, Chair, CamAWISE CamAWiSE celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with an invited talk at Bicycle Therapeutics in Granta Park, Cambridge. A warm thank you to Abby Cottage and Wunmi Frederick for inviting us and organising such a thoughtful and well-attended session. It was a powerful event and a reminder that amplified voices matter and drive positive change. The room was packed, with colleagues across all seniority levels fully engaged, asking...

Mentoring offers opportunities to build new skills, gain insight into different career paths, and broaden professional networks. CamAWiSE values mentoring and we run an annual Mentoring programme to support the professional development of women in STEMM and to facilitate connections among professionals in the STEMM community. If you are interested in Mentoring, this is a good time to try it, our 2026 Mentoring programme has just opened for applications! In 2025, the programme included...

"Surely capability should be promoted, not connections?" This was one of the questions put to Jennifer Wright by an attendee during Tuesday night's webinar. Her reply? "I wish it were so -- and a meritocracy...but it's not the case." Acknowledging this depressing truth, the award-winning rocket scientist -- she was the first woman to receive the American Astronautical Society's prestigious AAS Industrial Leadership Award -- Jennifer continued to raise the virtual room with her steps on how to...