{"id":764,"date":"2026-03-26T14:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/?p=764"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:31:34","slug":"women-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Women in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women in STEM: Past, Present and Future\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday 11 March 2026, the NHM IDEA Women\u2019s Network hosted an International Women’s Day event to celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.<\/p>\n

The afternoon was chaired by Jessica Bradford, Director of Collections, NHM) who skilfully introduced our speakers and facilitated questions to the panel. Presentations were given to a crowded auditorium (and online attendees) by Dr Rhi Smith (Director of Academic Learning and Engagement, Museums and Collections, UoR), Abbie Herdman (Curator of Invertebrates (Non-insects), NHM), Professor Julie Lovegrove<\/a>\u00a0 (Director of the Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, UoR), Professor Caroline Smith<\/a> (Head of Collections and Principal Curator of Meteorites, NHM), Dr Karen Henderson<\/a> (Head of the Research & Innovation Directorate, UoR) and Dr Shan Shen<\/a> (Technical Head of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, UoR).<\/p>\n

Rhi Smith prompted a reflection on career trajectories by looking at the lives of scientists who were connected to both Reading and the NHM: Ethelwynn Trewavas, Daphne Aubertin, Olive Tattersall, and Barbara Snow, and was followed by inspiring and personal insights from the other speakers. The event shone a well-deserved spotlight on the contributions of women in STEM, drawing connections between ambitious figures of the past and the impactful work being done by women today, along with discussing challenges faced both past and present.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Images \u00a9 The Trustees of the Natural History Museum<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An International Women’s Day Event 2026 in collaboration with the NHM IDEA Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":901,"featured_media":766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8,20,22,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-science","category-talk","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCelebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An International Women's Day Event 2026 in collaboration with the NHM IDEA Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Reading and Natural History Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T14:31:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T14:31:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2026\/03\/IWD-2026-055-scaled-e1774535340307.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Beth Steiner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Beth Steiner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-26T14:31:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T14:31:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/c7d9ea7d77d3563478c56ebe7438ab8d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Celebrating Women in STEM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/\",\"name\":\"University of Reading and Natural History Museum\",\"description\":\"Strategic Partnership\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/c7d9ea7d77d3563478c56ebe7438ab8d\",\"name\":\"Beth Steiner\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/6cb2c865c9ed0161b0a9e91b538b6a35\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0197e5c8da2a4332f5bcccf52115ede4bc3cd8d3c3f5ef45bf8af751bd3c52b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0197e5c8da2a4332f5bcccf52115ede4bc3cd8d3c3f5ef45bf8af751bd3c52b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Beth Steiner\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/author\/bethsteiner\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Celebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Celebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum","og_description":"An International Women's Day Event 2026 in collaboration with the NHM IDEA Network","og_url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/","og_site_name":"University of Reading and Natural History Museum","article_published_time":"2026-03-26T14:31:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-26T14:31:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2026\/03\/IWD-2026-055-scaled-e1774535340307.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Beth Steiner","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Beth Steiner","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/","name":"Celebrating Women in STEM - University of Reading and Natural History Museum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-26T14:31:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-26T14:31:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/c7d9ea7d77d3563478c56ebe7438ab8d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/women-in-stem\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Celebrating Women in STEM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#website","url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/","name":"University of Reading and Natural History Museum","description":"Strategic Partnership","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/c7d9ea7d77d3563478c56ebe7438ab8d","name":"Beth Steiner","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/6cb2c865c9ed0161b0a9e91b538b6a35","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0197e5c8da2a4332f5bcccf52115ede4bc3cd8d3c3f5ef45bf8af751bd3c52b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0197e5c8da2a4332f5bcccf52115ede4bc3cd8d3c3f5ef45bf8af751bd3c52b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Beth Steiner"},"url":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/author\/bethsteiner\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/uor-nhm-partnership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}