Category: External Conferences & Events

UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science Event, Halcyon London International School – Seeking Research Students as Guest Speakers (Tue 10 Feb 2026)

Halcyon London International School, is based in central London, close to Marble Arch, We are in our 5th year organising an event for UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science. We are requesting research students to inspire our students in STEM. We are expecting an audience of 120 students (11- 18 years old). Our event will be on Tuesday 10th February 2026 3.00 – 4.00pm

This year for our event/assembly the focus is on Modern women in STEM, as traditionally we refer back to the same few women in STEM as our inspiration – we want to shift the narrative for inspiration that feels attainable. Modern women in STEM are working right now in fields students see around them (AI, climate tech, biotech, space engineering, data science). This makes STEM feel current and alive, helps students connect STEM to today’s real-world problems and careers and shows pathways that actually exist for them today.

We are seeking research STEM ambassadors as guest speakers – Your involvement would look like – talk about you for 5-8 minutes (see below) and answer questions put to the panel by Aspiring Halcyon STEM students.

-Share your STEM journey highlights

-Share your modern woman in STEM inspiration

-Share Why you support women in STEM

We are aiming for a panel of 4 speakers

If you are interested in taking part or have further questions please email me directly Saba Lodhi slodhi@halcyonschool.com

 

British Federation of Women Graduates Research Presentations Day (apply by 28 Match)

The Research Presentations Day is when BFWG invites doctoral students to present their research to a general, i.e. not subject specialist, audience.

  • Are you a woman doctoral student?
  • Do you have research you would like to present to a discerning audience – and have the chance of winning a small prize of £150 for the best presentation?
  • Or would you like to join with us, just to meet and listen to other postgraduate women students presenting their research?

Our Research Presentations Day (RPD) offers these opportunities. Past attendees, both presenters and audience, have found the Day thoroughly enjoyable and helpful in developing presentation skills.

The day will also involve an introduction to the 2025 BFWG Scholarship Fund Academic Award winners.

If you think you would like to submit an abstract, please look at BFWG webpages www.bfwg.org.uk or contact rpd@bfwg.org.uk for further details. Closing date for applications: 28th March 2026, 9am.

All – students, academics, anyone else interested (not just women!) – are welcome to attend as audience. Lunch is included and there is a door charge of £10 but no charge for bona fide students whether attending as presenters or as audience.  Please notify rpd@bfwg.org.uk by 7th May 2026 if attending.

NetDRIVE Summer Schools

Two fully-funded NetDRIVE summer schools for PhD students, focused around Net-Zero and responsible research when using Digital Research Infrastructure. These will be during the summer of 2026, and spring of 2027.

If you would like to be notified when the application form goes live, please enter your details here.

To apply for a place on the 2026 summer school, please use this form

More details at https://durham.readthedocs.io/en/latest/netdrive/index.html.