WICS Obtains Funding for Diversity Projects

Earlier this year WICS responded to a call for “Gender Diversity & Inclusion Seed Money Projects” issued by the Diversity Committee of the Faculty of Science. We are happy to announce that we obtained funding for three projects:

1. WICS Outreach Program. The aim of this project is to establish an outreach program where women are active as role models and contribute to changing gender-stereotypic attitudes towards technical subjects in society.
2. Retaining Young Female Talent in Academia. The aim of this project is to organize workshops for PhD students that increase the visibility of female role models and give them an insight into the career paths of female academics at UU.
3. Motivational and Inspirational WICS Series. The aim of the project is to host small events organized WICS for academic staff members (all academic levels, from PhD students to full professors), in order to participate in a critical discussion about diversity-related topics and share their ideas and experiences.

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