We are excited to introduce the Students' Union's new Women in STEM Society, an inclusive community dedicated to empowering and supporting women pursuing in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
Who are we?
We are a group passionate about raising awareness of gender imbalances in STEM and providing a space where women can connect, collaborate, and thrive in their own academic and professional journeys.
The Committee
- Society Manager: Jemima Orakwue
- Well-being and Inclusion Officer: Harriet Sheridan
- Communications Officer: Aurelia Brzezowska
- Finance Officer: Beth Neill
Contact us here: women-in-stem@groups.staffs.ac.uk
Why join us?
- Community: Join a network of like-minded students who share a passion for STEM! Build friendships and create a supportive community that understands the unique challenges and achievements in STEM fields.
- Networking Opportunities: Expand your network with professionals, university members and peers.
- Career Opportunities: Be the first to know about job opportunities, internships, and career events.
- Events: Participate in events focused on empowering and supporting you.
- Study Sessions: We host study sessions both virtually and physically.
- Make your Mark! Contribute and help shape the future of our new society! Your voice matters, and your ideas can influence the direction of this society.
Projects
SWIS Mentorship Program 2024/25: Staffordshire University's first-ever, student-led, female mentorship program. This program aims to empower and support you by providing community, networking opportunities and academic support! Applications are now open! You need to be a member of our society to participate.
- Apply as a mentee here
- Apply as a mentor here
Partnerships
Bright Network
- A platform that provides career resources and events, graduate, internship and placement opportunities for students across the UK.
- To participate and have access you need to sign up! Join today to have access to their exclusive events and job listings!
- Please register here!
Gradcracker
- A STEM-focused platform that provides internship, graduate, and placement listings from various companies and industry insight webinars!
- Please take a look at our society hub on their page here.
Awards won
- Phoenix Award 2024: This award goes to the committee that successfully brought back life to a pre-existing society that stopped running for some years. This society stopped running back in 2018 and we brought some life to it in February 2024.
We will be working on a hybrid basis meaning that we will provide events and sessions both on-campus and off-campus.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for what we can do in our society, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are open to any feedback that you can provide for us.
Links
Join our discord today to meet our wonderful community! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us!
