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With great regret, due to current circumstances, Corona outbreak, after communicating with the Irish Federation of University Women (IrFUW) we’ve been advised that UWE Meet & Greet 2020 event due to be held in May will be cancelled for this year.
We would like to thank the Irish Federation of University Women for the amount of work and for the organisation there has been already planned, the safety of our members is VITAL.
Even though our meeting is in May, we strongly feel we need to be cautious about planning future events.
For the members who have already payed their registration, arrangements has been confirmed with the organizers, they will get their refund through bank transfer.
Our thoughts are with our members, soon it will be announced an online forum to share our thoughts during this difficult time.
Additional Cancellations:
– The BFWG Northern Regional Meeting on Saturday 25th April in Huddersfield and The BFWG Central Regional Meeting, on Saturday 25th April, are cancelled.
– Our BFWG AGM FROM 17th-19th July 2020 at Denman College is cancelled.
– Our Research Presentations Day on May 2nd 2020 is cancelled.
It is reported in The Times today (1/4/2020) that chemicals known as reagents for different stages of the process of testing for corona virus are in short supply round the world. Professor Alex Blakemore , Head of Life Sciences at Brunel University and President of the BFWG London Branch, is quoted in The Times saying that « we are in competition with the rest of the world ..and other people have already bought up a lot of stock.. ». It appears the small number of firms that make these are doing their very best to increase production but »there simply isn’t any around to buy » said Professor Blakemore.
UWE Conference & AGM
Save the date!
17th – 20th September 2020
We are pleased to invite you to the UWE Conference and AGM in Paris.
Academic Women and the Challenges they face – their stories then and now.
Research from the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) highlights the problem areas
Nominations for Office 2020
Margaret Middlemass
Vice President
Proposer Leeds LA
Seconder Norwich & Norfolk LA
Alys Blakeway
Trustee, Sybil Campbell Trust
Appointed by Trustees
Caroline de Silva
Trustee, Sybil Campbell Trust
Appointed by Trustees
Vacant
Additional VP
Yvonne Makwali
Eastern Region Rep
Proposer Greater London
Seconder Canterbury
Vacant
Central Region Rep
Jennie Landsberg
Chair / Finance
Agreement to carry on as no other person forthcoming. Change of constitution needed.
Gail Sagar
Eastern Region Alternate
Proposer Greater London
Seconder Canterbury
Aisha Alshawaf
Ffwg Governor
Proposer Canterbury LA
Seconder Winchester LA
Bias in the workplace
our next project
Can you help?
We are looking for women who have suffered bias in the workplace, conscious or unconscious, as we intend to conduct case studies of women’s experiences of this and how education about bias could/did help in overcome it.
We want women from the UK in all walks of life – but not from Academia as we have many examples already from Higher Education who told their stories.
- Have you or someone you know suffered?
- Was any training offered and did it help?
- Are you a trainer or know of one offering programmes to industry/business on this problem?
If you can help please contact your Local Association of BFWG, or one of our Independent members. Visit the Members page for details of LAs or email gillian.hilton@bfwg.org.uk
A guide to conducting the case study interview is in preparation and awaiting the approval of our Research Ethics Committee. We can assure confidentiality, as no names or places or work will be mentioned.
Members,
Can you offer to do a case study interview of someone you know, or someone who we put you in touch with?
The more offers of help we receive to conduct one interview, the less work for individuals and we hope to have as successful a result as for the former project on Academic Women.
Thanking you in advance!!
Gillian Hilton VP
You do not need to be a member to apply for these Awards.
Help us to promote your next event…
Please let us know if we can help publicise any of your upcoming events on the BFWG Facebook page, LinkedIn, Twitter or on the BFWG Website with the help of Gillian ,Sheila, Rebecca, Rosie and Gloria.
The more information we put out there the better we will get known. So let us have any material you have please to show the world what BFWG are doing.
gillianlshilton@gmail.com (Facebook, Twitter)
gbanner@bfwg.org.uk (BFWG Website)
webadmin@bfwg.org.uk (LinkedIn)
2019 Westminster Seminar
On 14th November, members of BFWG gathered from across the country to attend the Westminster Seminar sponsored this year by Baroness Hazel Byford DBE.
The BFWG President welcomed everyone and introduced the Baroness who was involved for many years with the WRVS (Women’s Royal Voluntary Service) and was also lay canon at Leicester Cathedral, Master of the Worshipful Company of Farmers and a member of the House of Lords since 1996.
Azul Zorzoli, a PhD student from Argentina, has received the Johnstone and Florence Stoney Prize, which recognises outstanding academic excellence in postgraduate researchers.
Dr Gillian Murphy mentioned there is much in the archives on which to base a PhD or other research project.
British Federation of Women Graduates Featured in Girls Who STEM’s “The Best STEM Organizations For Girls & Women”
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The British Federation of Women Graduates brings women together locally, nationally and internationally and helps women worldwide to exercise their right to education and economic independence.
Our Next Event
Winchester – Lunch
Opportunities
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Please log in and visit the Members page to find out about current Opportunites and Grants on offer.
BFWG needs you!
What do Marie Stopes (1880-1958, paleobotanist and family planning pioneer), Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946, MP for the Combined English Universities ) and many promiment women from 1907 to date have in common?
They were or are all members of BFWG, the British Federation of Women graduates
(formerly the British Federation of University Women).
Join one of the country’s leading 6-0 Organisations which fought for women’s suffrage and still fights for women’s rights and empowers women at home and overseas through education. Affiliated to GWI (Graduate Women International, which has UN consultative status and celebrates its Centenary this year) and UWE (University Women of Europe), you’ll have an international voice and can and will make a difference and will have contact with 54 sister organisations Worldwide.
The BFWG, through its two charities, is one of the largest providers of doctoral scholarships in the country, on the grounds of both need and on academic merit.
Membership benefits also include involvement in and access to projects (this year’s includes a research project interviewing working and retired academics), lectures, seminars such as the popular, annual Westminster Seminar sponsored by a peer or MP, travel, volunteering, a Research Presentations Day, a magazine published three times a year and social events at local level organised by the Associations.
BFWG brings women together locally, nationally and internationally.
Find friends, connections, stimulus and support wherever you are.
Be part of it and us!
Grants & Awards
King’s College London
Africa International PGR Scholarships
Do you have research interests that relate to Africa?
Could you take an interdisciplinary approach to your research?
Applications are invited from international students from Africa for three full scholarships to undertake a full-time PhD at King’s College London starting in 2020/21. Funding is available for up to 4 years.
Full details and how to apply can be found HERE
Closing Date: Apply for the scholarship by no later than 1 April 2020
Birkbeck University of London
Diversity100 PhD Studentships
Birkbeck is offering five studentships for PhD students starting their studies in Autumn 2020. These scholarships actively address under-representation at the highest level of research, and encourage BAME students to consider academic research in all disciplines.
Full details and how to apply can be found HERE
Closing Date: The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 11 May, 2020.
Women in Street Names
A British Federation of Women Graduates project to highlight women in street names in the UK and Ireland.
If you would like to know more about the BFWG, please watch our ‘Meet the Management Team’ video.
The BFWG is a diverse
Through
Dr Diya Gupta, winner of the BFWG Barbara Northend Scholarship, which was of great help during the writing up of her PhD thesis.
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The 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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