Awareness Event Tuesday 12th June 2012

Programme

Room CBA0.007 and CBA0.013, Chancellor’s Building

Please register your attendance by emailing: x.k.canter@natsci.keele.ac.uk

Time

Event

Location

11.15am-11.30am

Coffee and welcome

CBA0.007 Chancellor’s Building

11.30am- 12.30pm

Introduction by Dr Anne Loweth, Head of Life Sciences

Talk by Professor Paul Walton, University of York

Professor Paul Walton will outline his experiences of successfully applying for and achieving a gold Athena SWAN Award for the Department of Chemistry at York University and the benefits of being an Athena SWAN Charter member.

CBA0.007 Chancellor’s Building

12.30pm-1pm

Buffet Lunch

Opportunity for networking, and to view poster displays on female role models in Science, research funding opportunities, and the Athena SWAN Award scheme

CBA0.013 Chancellor’s Building

1pm – 2pm

Workshop on Athena SWAN

‘Experiences of Silver Award winning departments’.  Talks by Dr Anne Loweth, Head of Life Sciences and Katie Szkornik, Athena SWAN Champion for the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences

Opportunity for those Schools thinking of applying for Athena SWAN awards to learn more and for others to discuss specific issues pertinent to their applications.

CBA0.007

Chancellor’s Building