1. WiSET &
Manchester Girl Geeks
Samantha Bail, PhD Computer Science

2. What is WiSET?

3. What is WiSET?
‣ Women in Science, Technology &
Engineering
‣ Group at the EPS faculty
‣ 1 student co-ordinator for each school
‣ ...and student volunteers
‣ Careers events for female students @ EPS
‣ project management workshops
‣ networking events
‣ site visits (MOSI, Olympic Park in London)
‣ ... and more!

4. What is WiSET?
‣ WiSET needs you...
‣ as student co-ordinator
‣ as volunteer
‣ Come to the WiSET Welcome Event:
‣ 19th October, Whitworth Hall
‣ Look out for the email with details!
www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uk
twitter.com/wisetmanchester

5. Manchester Girl Geeks

6. Manchester Girl Geeks
‣ Evolved from the popular Girl Geek Dinners
(networking events for women in IT)
‣ Founded in 2009
‣ Not associated with the University
‣ Workshops, talks & networking events for
girls and women of all ages & backgrounds
‣ Monthly events at MadLab & other venues
in Manchester (MOSI, MMU...)

7. Manchester Girl Geeks
‣ Events so far:
‣ build your own PC
‣ talk on particle physics
‣ mathematical origami
‣ build your own morse code telegraph
‣ ... and many (many) more!
‣ Great opportunity for
‣ volunteering
‣ science communication
‣ meeting people!

8. Upcoming Events

9. Upcoming Events
‣ 27th Sept: Girl Geek Dinner meets
Wikipedia @ B-Hive (sold out)
‣ 19th Oct: WiSET Welcome Event @
Whitworth Hall
‣ 23rd Oct: Mathematical Origami @ MOSI
(Manchester Science Festival)
‣ 30th Oct: Girl Geek Science Fair meets
Teawitter @ MadLab
‣ 27th Nov: Geeky Show & Tell @ MadLab

10. Thanks!
www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uk
twitter.com/wisetmanchester
manchestergirlgeeks.com
twitter.com/mcrgirlgeeks
Questions? bails@cs.man.ac.uk