8th March 2017 – Women in Science celebration 2017: ‘Engendering Change’ 

To mark International Women’s Day (March 8th) this year, we organised a programme designed to provide a platform for Women in Science and Engineering.

IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.  The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health marked the day with an afternoon of activities with guest speakers including Susan Oliver RN FRCN, MSc, OBE, Nurse Consultant in Rheumatology and Professor Maureen Baker CBE FRCGP, Immediate past Chair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners we panel discussions (one of which is student-led).

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