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AUTUMN EVENT 2019

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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2019

Alerting all our members!

You are invited to our autumn event on 28 November which is being held at Arup in Central London from 18.30.

This event will focus on how successfully our members have managed to deliver our aims.  Members are asked to come prepared to share their stories, loosely based on the Equilibrium Charter,  so we can start to define and share the triggers for success. The format will be a round table discussion where everyone will have a chance to listen and contribute, with a summary for all to share.

There will also be an opportunity to network with others members of the group.

To secure your place, please email equilibrium@colander.co.uk.  Places will be awarded on a first come first served basis.

 

Gender inequality in academia

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Equilibrium Steering Group member, ALICE MONCASTER, has alerted us to the fact that within academia, the UK research councils have also identified gender inequality as a key issue.

STEM departments (including Engineering and Construction and in many cases Architecture) are encouraged to sign up to the Athena Swan charter, and most are taking this very seriously; please see:

 http://www-womeninengineering.eng.cam.ac.uk/Athenaswan 

for the work we are doing at Cambridge Engineering Department towards our Silver Award application.

This is important not just for women working in academia but for the ‘pipeline’ into the construction industry – the current attrition rate of students who take construction-related degrees but decide it isn’t for them and go to work in a different field, is currently far higher for women than for men. I really hope that the work we are doing with Athena Swan will encourage more women to stay in the technical fields they have chosen.