ESTRELLAS: The power of supporting women in STEM

Held on 20 September, ‘ESTRELLAS: Women in Tech & Sciences’ emphasised that through looking at our own, and other people’s journeys, we can learn from them and make a positive impact on the future. In Spanish ‘ESTRELLAS’ means stars and ‘ELLAS’ means the female plural form of the pronoun ‘they’.

Journeys, opportunities, celebration, and working together

Sessions focused on important topics such as identifying opportunities for women in technology and sciences, as well as a panel discussion on working together towards gender equality and actions that could be taken.

By openly sharing challenges they faced during their careers, the speakers from a range of backgrounds opened a platform to look at how these can be addressed.

ESTRELLAS also dedicated a session to acknowledge all the women in roles that support academic research, sharing that they are highly important for the development and success of all projects.

This included managers, Professional Support Services (PSS) colleagues, technical support, Science Engagement Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAA), business, marketing, pre-award, post-award and project support administrators.

Nurturing each other and improving the future

The team behind ESTRELLAS encourage focusing on supporting one another, treating everyone with respect, recognising contributions from everyone involved, providing positive feedback and creating a healthy work environment.

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