MATHS AND COMPUTING 2018 AWARD HANDOVER
To mark this date, on the eve of Ada Lovelace Day, the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), hosted the Maths and Computing Suffrage Science awards at the British Library, London. Eleven modern day role models passed on their heirloom jewellery awards in a researcher to researcher relay.
The evening was one of celebration and reflection, highlighting the successes and progress that has been made since 2016, but emphasising the importance of broadening diversity and inclusion across the gender barriers to other diverse characteristics and underrepresented groups in society.
This year’s awards were hosted at the British Library, an apt setting with the recent development of the Turing Institute and inspiring displays of Ada Lovelace correspondence to Babbage and suffrage documents in the Treasures Gallery.
The awards, hosted by former BBC journalist, Susan Watts, included a panel discussion made up of 2016 Suffrage Science award holders, Professor Carron Shankland and Professor Dame Celia Hoyles and 2018 Suffrage Science award holder Professor Ursula Martin.
The starting point of the discussion was the pipeline issues within mathematics and computer science, but expanded across the value of networks, role models and representation. There was extensive discussion about the importance of sharing the responsibility of encouraging and championing diversity in all its forms, with informed contributions from the audience.
Congratulations to our 2018 Suffrage Science awardees in the Maths and Computing branch. Below you can see the 2016 holders of the awards and who they nominated to pass their heirloom onto:
2016 holders
Christl Donnelly
Jane Hutton
Frances Kirwan
Sylvia Richardson
Gwyneth Stallard
Ann Blandford
Muffy Calder
Leslie Goldberg
Wendy Hall
Carron Shankland
Celia Hoyles
2018 award winners:
Ruth Keogh
Terez Neocleous
Nina Snaith
Daniela De Angelis
Eugenie Hunsicker
Sally Fincher
Julie McCann
Jane Hillston
Ursula Martin
Hannah Dee
Vicky Neale