Past Events
Disability & Neurodiversity Group Meeting - April 2022
International Women's Day March 2022
How can we support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion? - 10 steps
Disability & Neurodiversity Group Meeting 2021
A safe space for disabled and neurodivergent people to discuss the intersection of disability and neurodivergence, their lives, and their careers. Please note that you do not need a formal diagnosis to attend this group, and non-disabled and/or neurotypical allies who would like to learn more about these topics are also very welcome to attend.
For disabled and/or neurodivergent people and their allies to discuss how to promote inclusivity, accessibility and diversity in their workplace, as well as challenges that need addressing.
Neurodiversity & Disability Equality Talks November 2021
Dr David Simmons: Sensory processing in autism within HE settings; 12/11/21
Dr Jonathan Vincent/PRO-autism: Building positive relationships between autistic and non-autistic colleagues, supervisors, and peers; 18/11/21
Vivienne Isebor: ADHD, race, and non-binary intersectionality; 23/11/21
Dr Leon Franzen: Neurodiversity, accessibility, and dyslexia in HE; 24/11/21
Professor Kate Sang & DISC: Implementing reasonable adjustments within HE for disabled people; 26/11/21
Elliott Spaeth & Leigh Abbott: Inclusive practices for both neurodivergent students and staff; 29/11/21
LGBTQ+ in STEM Day 2021
Our ICS community joined together to acknowledge LGBTQ+ STEM Day with a meeting held on Thursday 18th November. We had an open discussion about how to listen, support and celebrate our differences, and how to actively be allies to one another.
CRUK -Taking Pride In All Of Our Researchers
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2021
International Women's Day 2021 - Theme #ChooseToChallenge
TEAM SCIENCE In the 2020s - Progress and Barriers
Science traditionally rewards and recognises individuals/principal investigators – but what about the PhD students, Post-docs, technicians, statisticians, bioinformaticians and project managers that are essential to the success of these teams? As we undertake more collaborative research, we must reward not only individuals, but also the team players.
This recognition is slowly filtering through to funders and employers. Pioneering funders are losing interest in impact factors, instead preferring researchers to summarise the impact of their top five (impact factor free) outputs and their personal contributions to these. Also, in support of team science, is the introduction of collaborative funding schemes which assess and fund teams of applicants rather than single PIs. Skills/technical specialists are key components of research teams but structured career paths comparable to the ‘PI’ track are rare.
A paradigm shift towards recognition of the team nature of science is occurring, which hopefully will lead to a more inclusive, collaborative, diverse and productive research environment. However, much still needs to be done. We were delighted to welcome Professor Anne Ridley FRS FMedSci, as our invited speaker to the MVLS Women in Research Network in May 2020. Anne served as Chair the Academy of Medical Sciences’ 2016 Team Science report which focused on how to improve the recognition of scientists involved in team science projects.
Please find a link below to a recording of the event. It provides an overview of Team Science and an open discussion on the opportunities and potential pitfalls of this new approach.
View the Zoom recording (external site)
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2020
The ICS Athena SWAN V.O.I.C.E. Committee/BICR IWD 2020 Organising Team organised a week of events to celebrate inspiring women. The events were held in the week preceeding 8th March 2020 to lead up to International Women's Day.
We had an interactive gallery of women that inspire us as well as a special journal club on challenges women face in STEMM with Dr Julia Cordero and Prof Laura Machesky. We managed to raise £450 for Scottish Womens Aid and £120 for the Australian Bushfires with Bakesales (thanks for all the yummy treats). Another highlight of the week was our Seminar with Professor Josephine Bunch (NPL Fellow in Biomolecular Analysis and leader of the CRUK Grand Challenge Rosetta team) and Dr Diego Benedict Baptista (Diversity and Inclusion Adviser on Research Culture, Wellcome Trust) exploring the changing research culture and how this intersects with equality and diversity, followed by a lunch discussion.
The event was chaired by Dr Chris Halsey.
We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and we want to thank everyone for their contribution and the great discussions!
LGBTQIA+ Coffee Hour
Movember 2019 Coffee & Cake
ICS Athena SWAN Seminar Series
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - 26th September - 12 noon (CRUK Beatson Institute Lecture Theatre)
Wellbeing Week 26-30 August
LGBTQIA+ Coffee Hour - Garscube Campus
An amazing amount of support for our LGBTQIA+ Coffee Hour. You can join our Garscube LGBT+ Network on Yammer
Friday 16th August 10.30am (WWCRC Cafe)
Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre 5 year anniversary
Wednesday 1st May 10.30am (WWCRC Cafe)
All Welcome
Career Development Workshops March 2019
These events will be led by Professor Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology & Director of Research Impact at the Institute of Cancer Sciences
Thursday 21st March 12-1pm (WWCRC Lecture Theatre)
Understanding the Open Research, Knowledge Exchange and Impact landscape and its relevance to academic careers
The workshop will cover:
• Why do universities care so much about open research, knowledge exchange & research impact beyond academia?
• What’s in it for you?
• Solving problems that matter
• Working with others outside academia
Thursday 28th March any 12-1pm (WWCRC Lecture Theatre)
Grant application clinic
This top-tips workshop will cover:
• The nuts and bolts of how funding committees work and what they are looking for
• How to develop your ideas and CV to maximise the chances of success
International Women's Day 2019
Friday 8 March 2019
Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre ~ Café (Level 4)
Please come and join us for coffee, tea and cake
10am-11am
All Welcome
Mentoring Workshop
20th February 2019 (1pm-3pm) WWCRC Lecture Theatre
Organised by the ICS Athena SWAN committee, ICS has recently launched its Mentoring Scheme. To promote the scheme and engage with potential mentors & mentees we will be running an "Introduction to Mentoring Workshop" on 20th February 2019, WWCRC Lecture Theatre.
The course will be run by Monica Smith (Organisational Development & Learning Specialist, UofG), and be logged on your HR-CORE training record (& useful for P&DR!).
Attendance is strongly encouraged for all staff grade 6 & above.
International Men's Day 2018
Monday 19th November 2018
Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre ~ Café
Please come and join us for free coffee, tea and cake to celebrate International Men's Day/Movember #prostatecancer
10.30am
All Welcome
Athena Swan Women in Science Series
As part of our Athena Swan Women in Science Series, Carol Monaghan is coming to speak to us on Friday, 4th of May from 12-1pm in the WWCRC seminar room, followed by lunch for students and post-docs.
Carol Monaghan is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was elected Member of Parliament at Westminster, for Glasgow North West in the general election in May 2015. She is the SNP Education, Armed Forces and Veterans spokesperson in the House of Commons.
Monaghan studied at Strathclyde University, graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics in 1993. She had formerly been a physics teacher and head of science at Hyndland Secondary School but left the post to concentrate on campaigning before the election.
She is an advocate for Science in the political arena and an advocate for Scientists to become political advocates.
For further information, please contact Kristina Kirschner (Kristina.kirschner@glasgow.ac.uk)
All Welcome.
International Women's Day 2018
Thursday 8 March 2018
Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre ~ Café
Please come and join us for free coffee, tea and cake
10am-11am
All Welcome
Please join us for our first Athena Swan event this year
- Women in Science Athena Swan event 2018
Louise is a Life Sciences research professional at the Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, with expertise in molecular/medical genetics. Experienced supervisor of graduate and PhD students. Master’s degree (MSc) from The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), PhD at the Karolinska Institutet, and Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). Member of the board of directors at Vanadis Diagnostics (Dec 2013-Dec 2015) and NPO Connecting Heroes (May 2016 to present).
She will talk to us about her journey in Science and beyond.
Seminar 1-2 pm 2nd of February WWCRC Seminar Room
Informal Refreshments with post-docs and students 2-3pm WWCRC Seminar Room
For further information please contact Kristina.kirschner@glasgow.ac.uk or paul.shiels@glasgow.ac.uk
International Women's Day 2016
The Institute of Cancer Sciences Athena SWAN team organised an event to showcase the different career paths that women at the University of Glasgow have taken. The event was held at on 8th March 2016 to coincide with International Women's Day.
Our guest speakers were:
◾Dr Karin Oien, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Experimental Therapeutics
◾Dr Fiona Thomson, Director of ASU, Senior Research Fellow, Experimental Therapeutics
◾Dr Jane Townson, Deputy College Secretary, MVLS College Senior Management
◾Dr Carol Clugston, College Secretary, MVLS College Senior Management
◾Dr Catherine Berry , Lecturer, MCSB
The event was chaired by Prof Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology and Director of Research Impact.
We thank everyone for inspirational talks and discussion!
SCS Wellbeing Initiatives
WIRN workshop on Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing
27 February 2019 - WWCRC Seminar Room
Programme:
Dr Maria Gardani: Are you losing sleep? Struggling to achieve a good night’s sleep can affect your physical and mental health and your overall quality of life. Get some tips on how you can improve your zzzz’s to feel better and look better.
Prof Lawrence Barsalou : This section will cover the psychological mechanisms that produce stress, an overview of strategies for working with these mechanisms, including a brief introduction to mindfulness.
Dr Maxine Swingler: The Yoga session will demonstrate a few very basic yoga poses using the chair to help with stiffness associated with desk work.
Dr Chiara Horlin: Dance and circus skills have all the obvious health benefits of participating in any physical activity. Whether you want some ‘me time’ or like to spend time with others, an alternative type of fitness can help develop unique spatial skills, new social circles, and introduce you to diverse and inclusive communities outside of academia. Experience the physical expression of pure joy and tomfoolery with some 1960s go-go dancing and a killer playlist, and challenge yourself to learn some new circus tricks to impress at parties. Chiara will be joined by Scott Craig for the introduction to circus skills. Scott is Head Coach at Aerial Edge and studied Formateur en Arts du Cirque at Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal.
Format: We encourage active participation, so please wear comfortable clothing. However, the sessions are structured to cater for all abilities.
Mindfulness Session
24 April 2019 WWCRC Seminar Room
This session, delivered by UofG Sport, will demonstrate strategies to help you cope with work challenges in a positive manner and protect your mental wellbeing.
Effective coping skills are key to working through the negative challenges in life, allowing you to put negative situations into perspective. Kim works towards creating a positive, healthy mindset and providing tools that can be used in everyday life.
- Increase awareness
- Learn positive coping skills
- Increase positivity and decrease anxiety and fear
This event will form part of a Mindfulness at Work series, but can be attended as a standalone session. The MPA Peer Network is proud to be partially funded by the Ferguson Bequest
It’s not all about work. A life outside science is not an extra, but an integral part of who we are as researchers. #MedSciLife brings together personal stories of those working in medical and health research to promote different working practices and explore how passions and achievements outside work can influence careers. medscilife.org/
Leaflet - Institute of Cancer Sciences
Lunchtime Yoga
Tuesdays at 12.10pm - 12.50pm and 1.10pm - 1.50pm - WWCRC Seminar Room, Level 3 - All Welcome
Running Club
Mondays at 12pm - 12.30pm - WWCRC Contact Chris Halsey
Carers and Careers in Higher Education
Advance HE have released a new film which aims to raise awareness of carers in academia: Carers and Careers in Higher Education.
The film is the outcome of a collaboration with film director Tim Bernard and has received the support of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (now Advance-HE).
You can view the film here
Follow them on twitter @AdvanceHE