Upcoming events …
21st May: WiSE UP Careers Series . It’s been over three months since our final WiSE UP workshop, so we thought it would be good to give our WiSE UP participants the chance to meet up again and share their thoughts about the series and experiences since it finished. Open to all – free registration for WiSE UP participants, £5 for other attendees. Register here.
8pm-10pm, Reception Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
2012-2013 Calendar of Events
2nd October: WiSE UP Careers Series 1. “Career Anchors: identify your talents, strengths & values”. Put into perspective what is important to you so you can concentrate your efforts whether searching, applying or seeking promotion.
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Facilitated by Jenny Koenig and Tennie Videler. Please book here…
23rd October: WiSE UP Careers Series 2. ”Don’t keep it to yourself: market your potential”. How to get the position you have decided you want. Craft an effective CV, make best use of performance appraisals, manage your online presence; and do it with flair.
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Facilitated by Katherine Stalham and TBC. Please book here…
8th November: Professor Margaret Stanley OBE, Professor of Epithelial Biology, University of Cambridge “The development of vaccines and immunotherapies against human papillomaviruses, the cause of cervix cancer”.
6pm – 7pm, Lucy Cavendish College. Joint event with Lucy Cavendish College.
Free talk but please register in advance here.
8th November: Formal Hall (Science, Engineering, Maths, Computer Science and Geography) at Lucy Cavendish College.
7pm for 7.30pm, £22.05. Please contact Jenny Koenig (jk111 at cam.ac.uk) if you would like to attend. Book early as places are limited.
22nd November: “Is there a book in you?”
6.30pm-9pm, St Mary’s School, Bateman St, Cambridge. Joint event with Cambridge Business Women’s Network and St Mary’s School.
27th November: WiSE UP Careers Series 2.5. Informal networking and CV clinic.
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
6th December: Cambridge AWiSE winter networking.
8pm-10pm, Reception Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Just £5, please register online here.
15th January: WiSE UP Careers Series 3. ”Confidence, poise and gravitas: you’re great, let others know it”. How to have the confidence to ace an interview, make the right choices and negotiate the outcomes you want.
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Facilitated by Vivien Hodges. Please book here…
Slides from this workshop are available here: Download
24th January: Australian-themed Wine Tasting, Cambridge Wine Merchants
7.30pm.
5th February: “Myers-Briggs: knowing me, knowing you (aha)”
An expansion on a hugely popular workshop at the WiSE UP careers day. Gain insights into your own preferences, why other people can be so different and how to tailor your approach to enhance productivity.
Facilitated by Geraint Story
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Please book here…
28th February: Nessa Carey ”Epigenetics – the reason there are no teeth in your eyeballs”.
6pm – 7pm, Lucy Cavendish College. Joint event with Lucy Cavendish College.
9th March: “Taking the leap – returning to work or study”
For International Women’s Day, this event is part of a day of discussions, workshops and performances celebrating the individual and collective power and strength of women.
9.30-4.30 (workshop starts at 1.45), Lord Ashcroft Building, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge.
16th March: Cambridge Science Festival
There are lots of exciting activities and talks happening at this year’s Science Festival, running from the 11th to the 24th March. While you’re in town, come and visit the CAMAWiSE stand in the Old Examination Hall, Free School Lane on Saturday 16th, between 10 am and 4 pm.
26th March: AGM and Easter Networking
Come and join us for some fun networking, followed by our AGM.
8pm-10pm, Reception Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Just £5, please register here
24th April: “Do you have a business in you?” Liz Lyon and Luanne Hill, of Rise Business Circle, present a workshop which will help you to identify the ideas and skills you already have which may potentially be developed into a successful business.
8pm-10pm, Reception Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College. Members £5, non-members £10 – please register here
9th May: Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (DAMPT) ”Restoring Profanity: Applying Mathematics to Digital Image Restoration”, 6pm-7pm, Wood Legh Room, Lucy Cavendish College. Joint event with Lucy Cavendish College – free to attend, further information and registration here
(Download poster here)
21st May: WiSE UP Careers Series . It’s been over three months since our final WiSE UP workshop, “Myers Briggs – Knowing Me, Knowing You (Aha!)”, so we thought it would be good to give our WiSE UP participants the chance to meet up again and share their thoughts about the series and experiences since it finished. Open to all – free registration for WiSE UP participants, £5 for other attendees. Register here.
8pm-10pm, Reception Rooms, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
7th June: “What next after Academia? From bench to bioinformatics…” CAMAWiSE/MRC-LMB Lunchtime meeting. Buffet lunch.
This meeting is kindly sponsored by the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Free to attend, please register here by 12 noon, Friday 24th May.
12-2 pm New LMB building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
(Download poster here)
26th June: Prof. Dame Athene Margaret Donald, Department of Experimental Physics
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College
10th July: Cambridge AWiSE summer networking
8pm-10pm, Lucy Cavendish College
