In the UK, although women make up 47% of the UK workforce, they are only only 24% of the UK STEM workforce stemwomen.com/stem-women-whi… STEM Women Events

By 2030, on the current trend there will be almost 30% of core-STEM roles being filled by women –1.5 million women in total WISE

We need to do more to make sure we achieve this, to make it easier for #womeninSTEM to progress through education, training and onto a supportive and successful career path. Our #fellowships can help & we are looking for ways to make them even better lindemanntrust.co.uk/fellowships/ho…

Tomorrow we're hosting a #WomeninScience event focused on finding out more about experiences of women in the #physicalsciences & how we can make our fellowships work harder to get more women into STEM. Follow TheLindemannTrust and #ScientificWomen for live tweets from the event

And we are off! #Lindemann #WomenInScience #ScientificWomen Intro to the Lindemann Trust with Prof. James Raven and Dr Karen Mooney (McAuley)

First speaker up is Athene Donald talking about her science career, the importance of acknowledging #ImposterSyndrome and not allowing modesty to hold you back. Speak up for yourself and trust your mentors!

Our next speaker is Chandrima Gangly, a past #Lindemann Fellow, talking about finding strength in being a #womaninSTEM and funding your place in a male dominated environment #ScientificWomen

Another past #LindemannFellow is Phillippa Cooper, who left her academic pathway after COVID to move to industry, working at AstraZeneca, highlighting the need for work life balance, acknowledging #impostersyndromeand the value of good #mentorship

Our last speaker is Mary Rees, speaking about the rediscovered joy of research in retirement. Maths is hard, the research is challenging and it's good to take breaks occasionally to enjoy life outside academia - the #worklifebalance is key! #ScientificWomen

Networking, refreshments and now roundtable discussions. It is vital to gather tangible feedback to see how we can improve our #fellowships and see what the main challenges are faced by #PhDstudents, #postdocs and #academics in the UK today.

Thanks for coming Athene Donald it was a joy to hear you speak :)

And done! What a wonderful evening with such a diverse range of speaker, and attendees. We learned lots about what is helpful and unhelpful for aspiring #postdocs. Key themes were #impostersyndrome, #mentorship, #academicleadership #advocacy & collaborative...

...supportive work environments. The pathway to #Professor is not always straight, or smooth, and that's absolutely normal and ok, providing opportunity to explore new fields and alternative pathways inc. #altacademia. There is still a lot of work to be done on...

... facilitating fellowship applications, improving and standing over #EDI procedures, allowing equal access to funding opportunities. Through conversations like these, we are heading in the right direction.

What do you think the key issues are in preventing #womeninSTEM from accessing and applying for #fellowships? What would you like to see improved?

Another incredible Daphne Jackson Trust #Fellowship #opportunity with Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN. Applications close on Monday 16th January 2023 - check out more information... #ResearchReturners. Please share with your network daphnejackson.org/fellowships/un…

Thank you so much Khadijat Olorunlambe, PhD We had a great evening and so glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully we'll be able to have even a small part in improving funding prospects:)

There is now just 1 month to go until we close for applications for our #Fellowship! 2 years of #research in the US, $100,000! Apply here - lindemanntrust.co.uk/fellowships/

We were delighted to host 3 #cambridgeshire primary schools earlier this month for a fun day of science - learning about acids and bases, blackholes and the milky way! Thanks to all for coming and to our speakers!

We are now OPEN for applications for our #postdoc #fellowship and we have an increased amount of $130,000! Closing date 5th Feb 2024.