WiSET & Manchester Girl Geeks Samantha Bail, PhD Computer Science
May 12, 2015
WiSET &Manchester Girl Geeks
Samantha Bail, PhD Computer Science
What is WiSET?
What is WiSET?‣ Women in Science, Technology &
Engineering‣ Group at the EPS faculty‣ 1 student co-ordinator for each school‣ ...and student volunteers
‣ Careers events for female students @ EPS‣ project management workshops‣ networking events‣ site visits (MOSI, Olympic Park in London)‣ ... and more!
What is WiSET?
‣ WiSET needs you...‣ as student co-ordinator‣ as volunteer
‣ Come to the WiSET Welcome Event:‣ 19th October, Whitworth Hall
‣ Look out for the email with details!
www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uktwitter.com/wisetmanchester
Manchester Girl Geeks
Manchester Girl Geeks
‣ Evolved from the popular Girl Geek Dinners (networking events for women in IT)
‣ Founded in 2009‣ Not associated with the University‣ Workshops, talks & networking events for
girls and women of all ages & backgrounds‣ Monthly events at MadLab & other venues
in Manchester (MOSI, MMU...)
Manchester Girl Geeks‣ Events so far:‣ build your own PC‣ talk on particle physics‣ mathematical origami‣ build your own morse code telegraph‣ ... and many (many) more!
‣ Great opportunity for‣ volunteering‣ science communication‣ meeting people!
Upcoming Events
‣ 27th Sept: Girl Geek Dinner meets Wikipedia @ B-Hive (sold out)
‣ 19th Oct: WiSET Welcome Event @ Whitworth Hall
‣ 23rd Oct: Mathematical Origami @ MOSI (Manchester Science Festival)
‣ 30th Oct: Girl Geek Science Fair meets Teawitter @ MadLab
‣ 27th Nov: Geeky Show & Tell @ MadLab
Upcoming Events
www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uktwitter.com/wisetmanchester
manchestergirlgeeks.comtwitter.com/mcrgirlgeeks
Questions? [email protected]
Thanks!