天美传媒 marks International Women鈥檚 Day
Mon 07 March, 2022
Students and staff from the 天美传媒 are getting ready to celebrate this year鈥檚 International Women鈥檚 Day (8th March 2022) 鈥 an annual event dedicated to the recognition of social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women across the globe.
The theme of this year鈥檚 celebration is #BreakTheBias 鈥 a global call to tackle discrimination, bias and stereotypes.
Bedfordshire is holding multiple events to mark International Women鈥檚 Day and its 2022 theme, including a 鈥楽TEM Inspire Day鈥 hosted by the School of Computer Science & Technology and the 天美传媒鈥檚 Access & Outreach team on 8th March. Up to forty Year 9 students from Denbigh High School will be attending the all-day event, where they will get to learn more about the 天美传媒鈥檚 STEM opportunities and take part in some interactive STEM activities.
The 天美传媒 鈥 in partnership with Beds SU and Enterprise Rent-a-Car 鈥 will also be hosting a virtual on Thursday 10th March (1.55-4pm), featuring speakers from various sectors, including a former Vice-President of Citibank and Merrill Lynch International, the CEO of Active Luton and the Assistant Vice President of UK & Ireland Enterprise. These guests will all be discussing how they have 鈥榖roken the bias' and offer advice on how to create a more inclusive environment for the workplace. To join, simply click on the Teams invite link .
The 天美传媒 is not short of inspirational female role models within its staff and student community. 听Here, some female academics reflect on this year鈥檚 #BreakTheBias 迟丑别尘别鈥
Dr Joan Bailey MBE FRSA DL 鈥 Senior Lecturer, Social Work; Course Co-ordinator and Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Youth and Community Work
鈥淒o we still need an International Women's Day? Yes! There's no place for complacency. According to the World Economic Forum, sadly none of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children. Gender parity will not be attained for almost a century.听 There's urgent work to do - and we can all play a part.
The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn't enough. Action is needed to level the playing field.鈥
Read Dr Joan Bailey MBE鈥檚 staff profile here.
Professor Alexis Weedon 鈥 Director of the Research Institute for Media Arts and Performance
鈥淓ach of us can #BreakTheBias though our work in education and commit to a world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. My own work looks at recovering the work of four neglected authors who in the past were marginalised because they were women, or gay, or because of their race or religion.听
鈥淚鈥檓 proud to see #BreakTheBias reflected in our PhD students topics, such as Tasneem Rashid鈥檚 focus on the place of Arab women鈥檚 voice in performance, and Vivianna Castellino鈥檚 work on disability and 鈥榦thering鈥 in fiction. We can all work to #BreakTheBias.鈥
Read Professor Alexis Weedon鈥檚 staff profile here.
Dr Tahmina Ajmal 鈥 Senior Lecturer in Engineering
鈥淓ngineering is about solving problems and women are natural problem solvers, we just need more confidence in our solutions. Science and Engineering need more women to attain a much-needed balance for sustaining its present and future progress.
鈥淚鈥檇 like to encourage more girls to join STEM subjects so we are able to shift the balance and #BreakThe Bias.听 To commemorate International Women鈥檚 Day this year, I am organising an event for girls to show them options and role models so we are able to #BreakThe Bias.鈥
Read Dr Tahmina Ajmal鈥檚 staff profile here.
Dr Lindsay McDermott 鈥 Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
鈥淲e've made great strides in recognising and rewarding the scientific discoveries of female scientists. It was wonderful to see Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for their discovery of a method to edit genes, but I think there is still much work to be done to ensure equality of pay.鈥
Read Dr Lindsay McDermott鈥檚 staff profile here.
As part of the local community鈥檚 celebrations, Dr Joan Bailey MBE was interviewed for a special International Women鈥檚 Day episode of The Mall鈥檚 podcast series, Luton Life. This episode celebrates inspirational women from the town. Listen to Dr Bailey鈥檚 interview via or .
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