Student-led scheme supporting women and underrepresented genders in maths. Encouraging more undergraduates to consider further study. Insta: _piscopia
United Kingdom
Joined February 2020
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Last week, two of our undergraduates - Tommy Ilgunas and Ruby Keily-Thurstain (both MMath with Research Placement students) attended #Piforum24 at the University of Leicester, presenting posters of the research they undertook over summer. (1/3)
ALT A group photo of the conference attendees.
ALT Student Tommy Ilgunas standing in front of their poster.
ALT Student Ruby Keily-Thurstain standing in front of her poster.
ALT Origami pieces (attempted) to be put together to make a cube.
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Great day yesterday at #PiFORUM24 🌈 So glad to see so many friendly people talking about math, research and life in academia! First time for me attending this event organised by @_Piscopia - and already looking forward to the next one! – at Leicester, England
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
We're thrilled to be hosting the @SIAM_UKIE National Student Chapter Conference 2024! A FREE event run by students, for students.
📅 13-14 June 2024
📍 Abacws Building, Cardiff
🚨 Reg. deadline: 12 May
🔗 siam-ima-cardiff.github.io/c…
@MathsCU @cardiffuni @CardiffDA @TheSIAMNews
ALT A poster for the SIAM-UKIE National Student Chapter Conference 2024. It has a picture of Cardiff Castle and the Abacws building. All other information on the poster can be found within the post's main text. Please visit our website for information on plenary speakers.
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Our school recently held a celebration event for receiving the Silver @Athena_SWAN award, marking a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within the field of mathematics. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/3UhX8Rz
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
✨ A reminder that applications for the 2024 Emmy Noether Fellowships are open!
Grants of up to £10,000 are open to mathematicians with current or recent caring responsibilities.
Deadline: Sunday 16 June
Further details ➡️ lms.ac.uk/grants/lms-emmy-no…
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Update: Rosie won one of the PhD student talk prizes! 🎈🤩🥳 #BAMC2024
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
We are Hiring! If you are passionate about improving gender equality in the STEM sectors and supporting women and gender minorities in their STEM careers then apply to join our team.
For details and to apply please follow here: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP10…
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Special thanks to our speakers at the EDI in mathematics minisymposium yesterday! @ch_nira @cldaviesastro @zorkow and Rosie @_Piscopia all delivered fantastic talks contributing to some very important conversations on improving research culture for everyone #BAMC2024 #BAMCevent
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
🔵 Piscopia, una red de apoyo para estudiantes e investigadores en #Matematicas
Dos de sus integrantes hablan con la Comisión @mymRSME de los orígenes y los planes de futuro de esta iniciativa creada en Reino Unido
➡️ rsme.es/2024/02/comision-de-…
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Another succesful PhD information event for our UG and MSc students at @kclmathematics under the umbrella of the @_Piscopia initiative 💅🏻 Big thanks to fellow PhD students L. Servius, A. Borkowski and @ShahpoOmar for their time!
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Only two days left to sign up to PhD your way! If you're curious about applying to do a maths PhD in the UK this event is for you - come learn about the 20+ universities taking part!
Sing up here: bit.ly/3LDDACt
Please share to anyone interested!
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
📢 Final Call for Applications!
📚 Are you passionate about mathematics or a related field? This is your last chance to apply for a fully-funded scholarship!
🗓️ The application deadline is fast approaching, so make sure you submit your application by Wednesday, 25th October.
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Join Houda (@blackholephd) at the ROG on Saturday 21st October for our first-ever planetarium show in Arabic. For more information see rmg.co.uk/whats-on/royal-obs…
@NativeScientis1 @NewCrescentSoc @ArabBritishCent @AstroObsNCL
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Piscopia aims to create a network of women and non-binary researchers in Mathematics whilst encouraging more undergraduates to consider further study. They hosted an event at @unibirmingham with a day of talks, workshops and socialising:
piscopia.co.uk/2023/09/13/pi…
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Applications for #Martingale Scholarships are now open!
#Martingale provides fully-funded scholarships for postgraduate degrees at leading UK universities
⏰ Applications close 25 October
Apply now on our website: bit.ly/3DHcXIh
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
PhD and Early Career Researcher SURVEY!
Take part if you are:
✅A current PhD researcher, or early career researcher (anyone 8 years from their viva)
✅Attending/attended a UK-based institution for your PhD
✅Over 18 years old
It would be wonderful if you could also share!
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Earlier this month PhD student Adam Onus presented some of the school’s EDI work on diversifying the maths curriculum at PiFORUM, a conference for women and non-binary people in maths. Read more about their work and PiFORUM experience at bit.ly/3LxE5xO
📸 @_Piscopia
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
Highlights from Beth and Kat’s visit to Birmingham to attend PiFORUM 2023! It was so inspiring and empowering to attend a conference celebrating under represented genders in mathematics, thanks to @_Piscopia for such a great day! instagram.com/reel/CxVaEZRNb…
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
We're trying to collate a load intiatives that are working hard to improve, educate, and open up the academic landscape, over on our website
sites.google.com/view/phd-yo…
If there are any we've missed out that you know of please send them my way!
The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
We’re going live in 5 over on Twitch! twitch.tv/behindtheresearch and we’re chatting to very special guests Rosie and Victoria from @_Piscopia 🎉 come over and have a chat!
