The activities we originally envisaged below have been strongly endorsed by the results of the national survey, which also reported an additional desire to support the participation of girls in SET.  Further updates will be available after the meetings in September.

We envisage that our activities might include a national conference and regional/local networking meetings to build the face to face community, at a variety of venues on a range of matters of interest to members. If there is sufficient interest, special interest groups will be formed on specific topics as well.

Some meetings will allow women to voice their opinions about specific topics, and written up as a report to influence policy makers, employers and other women.

For example, CamAWISE recently reported on women's experiences of part time and flexible working, and an upcoming meeting will ascertain experiences of current policies for fixed term contract researchers.

Online discussion fora will allow geographically-dispersed members to ensure their voice is heard.The network also aims to increase mentoring activities, provide information, resources, articles, interviews and podcasts to support, guide and inspire SETwomen. We are also keen to provide and increase access to high quality, top-value learning for those women who want to increase their skills – for example, in leadership, personal development, or enterprise training.

Further information can be found in the latest version of our consultation document, available here as a PDF.