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Influencing Policy

View the UKRC input to the Government's Vision for Science and Society, along with other policy consultations.

 

Read the new GetSETWomen Blog

Live from Antarctica: meteorologist Tamsin Gray on penguins, polar regions and predicting climate change.

 

Join UKRC in Second Life

'A Vision for Science and Society': Feedback, discussion and networking on 15th December, 7-8pm.

 
 

A welcome from our director

Director of the UKRC, Annette Williams, introduces you to the UKRC's new website.

 

MentorSET Mentoring Workshop

A MentorSET Mentoring workshop for new mentors and mentees will be held on the 28th November in Central Birmingham.

 

Latest edition of Progress now available

Issue 16 of the UKRC's newsletter, Progress, is out. Available for download or order your copy.

 
 
Half a million women in the UK are qualified in either science, engineering or technology (SET) - but less than a third work in those sectors, all of which are suffering a severe skills shortage, set to get worse in the coming decades.  
 
This situation is bad for the UK’s productivity and competitiveness. It undermines the UK’s aspirations for fairness and opportunity. It wastes women’s talent and limits their career aspirations, lifetime earnings and economic contribution.
 
The UKRC for Women in SET works to significantly improve the participation and position of women in science, engineering and technology occupations in industry, research, academia and public service to benefit the future productivity of the UK and the lifetime earnings and career aspirations of women. It is the UK’s leading Centre providing information and advisory services to employers and organisations in the SET sectors and supporting women entering, returning and progressing in these fields.  
 
 
 
 
 
The Royal Society of Chemistry, the Biochemical Society and the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC) invite you to the  launch of two  reports looking at the PhD experience and women's retention in science.
 
Click here for further information

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