SET to succeed?
Why don't they?
A participative conference to examine why girls out-perform boys in
science, engineering and technology subjects at GCSE level and then drop
out
What goes wrong?
Conference on Wednesday 14 October 1998.
Hosted by IBM United Kingdom Limited, Upper Ground, London SE1
Partners : CUCO, WISE, Opportunity 2000, DTI 'Promoting SET for Women'
Key speakers include:
Baroness Platt of Writtle - Patron on WISE
Welcome and introductions
Clare Curtis-Thomas MP
Are all women SET for life?
Vivienne Cox Chief Executive Air BP Ltd
Can industry afford to ignore women
How to facilitate the progress of women in the HE sector
Professor Sir Alex Broers - Vice-Chancellor University of Cambridge
Sir Robert May- Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Office of Science
and Technology
How to SET the pace?
Workshops include:
Pre-16 Education with WISE and Shell
Searching for solutions in HE and Employment with CUCO and BT
Employment with Opportunity 2000 and BBC Resources
If anyone is interested in attending this a booking form has been sent
to all institutions, however, a copy can be obtained directly by
contacting JENNY HARWOOD AT CVCP on 0171 419 5467 or e-mail
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Cost of conference is £75 + 13.13 = £88.13. If anyone has difficulty
in obtaining finance from their institution for this can they please
contact Jenny.
All booking forms need to be returned to Maureen Smith at Opportunity
2000, 44 Baker Street, W1M1DH.
Thank you.
Fiona Waye
Secretary to CUCO
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