An interdisciplinary and intersectional initiative that aims to address Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM.
After the success of our Breaking Barriers in STEM: Through the Looking Glass event in 2020, Research Pools ScotCHEM, SICSA, SULSA and SINAPSE created working groups to address the following EDI issues:
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Decolonising STEM
Expanding Our Reach (International Support)
The Leaky Pipeline
On behalf of these groups, we would like to invite you to Breaking Barriers in STEM: Down the Rabbit Hole, an EDI knowledge-exchange. This event will begin at 12:00 pm with a networking lunch followed by talks from organisations working to resolve issues in each thematic area between 1:30-3:30 pm.
The networking lunch will be held in an exhibition space so we invite your EDI committee to host a stall during this time to provide information on EDI activities happening on your campus.
We want this event to bring those passionate about EDI together to share ideas and experiences in tackling some of the barriers and how collectively, we can make STEM a place where everyone is welcome.
Date: Friday 29 April 2022 Time: 12:00 – 15:30 Location: Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh
A workshop to support researchers in finding industrial collaborators.
Academics are invited to pitch your research within this workshop in response to industry challenges around each topic, and also learn more about the Innovation Centres and how they can support you. This workshop will be organised with further support from DHI and The Data Lab.
ScotCHEM is delighted to be partnering with industry and the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, St Andrews, and Strathclyde to present a series of interactive workshops designed by our industry partners to build the employability skills of graduates.
Participants in this credit course not only hear from our awesome presenters who share their career journies and insights into employment opportunities in industry, but also have access to a dedicated LinkedIn Group.
The Lightweight Manufacturing Centre in Renfrew is a new part of the Scottish Government’s National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). It will focus on the manufacture of lightweight components for a range of industries in which lighter materials offer benefits, including, aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, renewables, medical, marine and off-highway transport. It will deliver cutting-edge research and development projects involving lightweight materials in partnership with companies in Scotland
The workshop aims to address:
Help define the scope of the Lightweighting Centre
The technology pull (i.e. the industrial involvement)
From an HVM Catapult perspective, where should the focus be?
Identify the academic base that can underpin the Lightweighting Centre
Discuss possible models for interaction between the academic base and the Lightweighting Centre
Possible routes to funding
Areas of interest
Additive manufacture.
Fibre development
Nanomaterials
Composites
New materials
Adhesives
Surface treatments
Packaging
Battery
Printed electronics
Processing, properties and chemistry
Programme
10.00
Arrivals, Coffee
10.20
Welcome: Why are we here and how did it come about? Dr Bill MacDonald, CEO, ScotCHEM
10.30
An introduction to the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC) Prof Iain Bomphray, Director, Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (NMIS)
11.00
Tour of the LMC
12.00
Round table introductions
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Presentation 2 – Opportunities in lightweight manufacturing
13.00
World Café Roundtable Workshop Break into smaller groups for more detailed discussion. Groups rotate round topic areas. Topic areas chaired by dedicated hosts.
Questions to address: - What are the main industry challenges? - What should the scope of the LMC be? - What is the technology pull (i.e. the industrial involvement)? - From an HVM Catapult perspective, where should the focus be? - Who are the academics who can underpin the LMC? - What should be the model for interactions between the academic base and the LMC? - What are the routes to funding?
