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Join Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th at 8pm GMT! Our event will feature a “Supporting Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering” panel discussion. Register at the link below! https://lnkd.in/eF5MXUx5

For the last six months I have been working on my creative musical skills as part of the Girls Rock London Album Programme!!! Girls Rock London (GRL!) is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation that creates opportunities for women, girls, and trans and non-binary people to make and perform music. They provide high-quality music programming for young and adult women, trans,Continue reading “Girls Rock London Album Launch”

by Jenny Darmody (Silicon Republic article, 2020) Dr Siddhi Joshi is a marine biogeoscientist and human rights law researcher based in Galway. Here, she talks about her career journey and the importance of gender diversity in STEM. When we think of scientists, engineers, software developers or researchers, it can be easy to focus on oneContinue reading “Dr Siddhi Joshi: ‘The world needs a good lawyer to look after the planet’ by Jenny Darmody”

The Challenger 150 conference ECR Mixer event will take place at Imperial College on Tuesday 6th September at 1900! Registration is now closed.

Our support group British Asian LGBTI took part in Pride In London with the Naz and Matt Foundation and found ourselves on the big screen at Piccadilly Circus in central London a number of times during the day! Thank you to the organisers of Pride in London for giving us this opportunity!!

Growing up listening to the sounds of the sea in a shell. The entire seascape captured within the delicate structure of the conch. The inspiration of nature drove me to continuously spend my head in the books when away from the ocean. We didn’t say studying- we said wonder. Wonder about the abyss, the deepContinue reading “An ode to the oceanography degree”

This month I have decided to take part in the #30DayMapChallenge to consolidate my GIS mapping skills as well as think creatively about spatial data. The idea is to create (and publish) maps based on different themes on each day of the month using the hashtag #30DayMapChallenge, You can prepare the maps beforehand, but theContinue reading “#30DayMapChallenge”

After a lot of hard work, we’ve submitted our NERC EDI Hackathon proposal! If successful, http://findascienceberth.wordpress.com aims to increase the accessibility of obtaining ship berths by making use of spare capacity to provide training opportunities. Big shout out to the team: @BenFisher_ @KRHendry @AENMcGregor @SiddhiInGalway @allygully @DiverMads @KatieSieradzan @efdarlington @KJJVanLandeghem & Sophie Fielding for puttingContinue reading “Find A Science Berth: NERC EDI Hackathon”

Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering Network’s Experience of Unlearning Racism in Geoscience Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering (WICGE) is an international network of coastal geoscientists and engineers of all genders. It is led by a committee of fourteen female academic researchers all around the world, with a membership base of over 400 individuals.Continue reading “Challenger Society virtual Conference Talk on URGE- an anti-racism initiative in marine science”