International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and IWD can be an important catalyst and vehicle for driving greater change for women and moving closer to gender parity. The World Economic Forum predicts the gender gap wont close entirely until 2186.

Wednesday 8th March at the Careers and Employability Centre.

Women In Business: 11.30am – 1.30pm

We have invited five women entrepreneurs across a range of business sectors to come and share their business experiences with you. The areas of business range from social enterprise to pharmaceuticals to photography. There will be a chance to ask questions and time for informal discussions with the entrepreneurs over refreshments at the end.

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Women In STEM: 2pm – 3.30pm

We have invited women speakers in different industry areas within the STEM sector to share their career experiences with you. There will be a chance to ask questions and time for informal discussions with the speakers over refreshments at the end.

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Both events are aimed at women students on all courses but is open to all students to attend.