It is with great sadness we report the sudden death of Willemijn van der Meer a well known member of the VVAO Netherlands and active member in University Women of Europe, and former President.
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“The Madness of King George”
Women’s Academic Career Progression Seminar
29th January 2019.
Come to be inspired, learn how to progress in academia, network and to take some precious time out to think and plan your own career.
BFWG Celebration of Women Getting the Vote
at Chancellors Hotel, The University of Manchester September 2018
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Janet Bultitude is a Lecturer in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology at the University of Bath. Her research investigates how sensations and cognitive functions are affected by conditions such as neurological damage or chronic pain, and how these conditions can be treated.
Dr Janet Bultitude
Secretary to the Scholarship Committee. Previous winner of the Ruth Boden Prize for Medical Research.
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International Students’ Day
17th November
On International Students’ Day, GWI celebrates students steering a more sustainable future for all.
Since 1941, International Students’ Day is marked annually on 17 November. Although the day originally served to commemorate the atrocities inflicted on the students during the Nazi Occupation in Prague in 1939, it now is observed as a non-political celebration of students, highlighting students’ rights and the importance of higher education.
2018 Travel Bursary Winner
The 2018 Travel Bursary Winner Aoife Fitzpatrick School of Psychology, University of Bangor with a thesis on The neural mechanisms of action selection and specification who attended the conference Concepts, Actions and Objects3 - 5 May 2018 Trento, Italy Aoife wants...
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GWI Toolkit
The GWI Education Committee and VP: Advocacy and Education would like to draw members attention to a new toolkit which has been uploaded onto the GWI website. They plan to use this toolkit at the GA/Conference in July 2019 but in the meantime invite you to look at it, provide us with any comments and further suggestions. Perhaps even other sample lesson plans.
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Sybil Campbell Collection is now an Independent Trust
On 1st January 2011 the Sybil Campbell Collection Trust became independent. Although very closely linked to BFWG it is now owned by the Sybil Campbell Collection Trustees. At a special meeting on 11th July 2010 members of Executive, as Directors of BFWG, voted unanimously that the Sybil Campbell Collection Trust should be separated from the Scholarship Trust and become a separate charity.
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GWI 33rd Triennial and Centenary Conference
‘Peace through Education’
Call for Workshops
This is the First and Only Call for Workshops on one or more of the 5 sub-themes for the Conference.
Workshop date:: 27 JULY 2019
Deadline for submitting Workshop abstracts: FRIDAY, 11 JANUARY 2019
GWI 33rd Triennial and Centenary Conference
PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION
Geneva, 25 – 28 July 2019
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