Virtual celebration for University of the Highlands and Islands on International Women's Day
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International Women’s Day will be celebrated online by more than 70 students and employees from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
Staff have organised a conference on Monday to discuss gender equality in education to highlight the achievements of women across the university partnership, while investigating what else can be done to address challenges female staff may face.
It will be the university’s fourth annual International Women’s Day event and the first held wholly online.
The free conference, open to anyone working in the education sector, will feature a range of staff, student and guest speakers.
Ash Morgan, vice president for further education at the Highlands and Islands Students’ Association, will open with a presentation on challenging the status quo to ensure all women are included in International Women’s Day celebrations.
Lois Gray, the university’s academic lead developer for engineering, will speak about women in engineering and Dr Natalie Jester, from the University of Gloucestershire, will address how marginalised communities can be represented in college and university curricula.
Organiser Alex Walker, of the university’s learning and teaching academy, said: “It has been great to see our International Women’s Day event evolve over the last four years.
“Each year, the organising group considers a focus for the programme, with this year exploring our own learning and teaching practices, professional development and research in relation to gender equality.
“It is also important that we acknowledge the wider significance of International Women’s Day as being a day to celebrate women across the globe and critically reflect on what we can all do to challenge ongoing inequalities in and beyond education.”
For more information, visit the UHI website
