Diversity

 

Links

External Links

British Websites

The Women into Science and Engineering Campaign

AWISE

The Women's Engineering Society
 
Tapping the Talent - supporting businesses in encouraging more young women into science, engineering and technology

The Athena Project

Gateway to SET for women

Daphne Jackson Trust

Business Link - with a website for women in business

Equalitec

UK Resource Centre for Women in SET

 

European Websites

European Commission Women and Science pages

The Virtual Exchange Project

European Women in Mathematics

 

North American Websites

Reports on the latest trends in the education and employment of women and minorities in physics from the American Institute of Physics.

Association for Women in Mathematics

Association for Women in Science

Committee on Status of Women in Physics - from the American Physical Society.

Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy

Women in Science Profiles of past and present women scientists - an international registry of women in science, electronic field trips and mentors for students.

Women of Nasa

The Committee to Encourage Women in Physics at the Canadian Association of Physicists

 

International Websites

International network of women in tribology

Gender and the digital divide resource center at the World Bank
 
UNESCO Women in Science and Technology site

UN commission on science and technology for development - Gender Advisory Board

GenderNet - World Bank site for gender equality Celebrating Women in Science

Information about 20th Century women physicists - profiles, quotes, interesting documents.

4000 years of women in science


Female Nobel Prize Laureates

Profiles of 16 women who made outstanding contributions to science.

Biographies of women mathematicians

 

Websites for Girls

Educating Jane

Planet Jemma - the story of a cyber heroine studying physics at university.

 


More Information for Students

Access to Work - funding to help employers meet any additional costs of adjustments for a disabled person.

Skill's FAQ - including information about the Disability Discrimination Act and Disabled Students Allowances.

Disability Rights Commission - Disability Rights Commission good practice guides for people working in HE, including one on staff development, exams and assessment, admissions, and learning and teaching.

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