The GWN holds three events per year, one in each University term.

Upcoming Events

7th May 2009, Easter Term
Light buffet and Wine from 7:15pm, Talks from 8pm
Old Combination Room, Trinity College, Great Court
"Women with passion: Women from academia and enterprise talk about finding and following their passions"
Patricia Fara, Fellow of Clare College Cambridge
Corrina Gordon-Barnes, Professional Writer and Coach, "You Inspire Me Coaching"

Registration is now open at http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/ --> What's On --> GU Events

Past Events

November 20th 2007  register here

"Constructing a Career; the tools needed to succeed!"
Anne Ridgeon, Chariman of the Ridgeons Group, a Cambridge-based builders' merchant
Dr Sue Jackson, Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technology

February 2008

"Leadership - a trait we are born with or is it learned?"
Professor Alison Richard, Anthropologist, Vice Chancellor University of Cambridge and former Provost of Yale
Lindsay Levin, Founder and Managing Partner of Leaders' Quest. Chairman and major shareholder of The Whites Group

November 2007

"The importance of communication in our wor(l)ds"
Sarah Squire, Newnham Graduate, former diplomat, current president of Hughes Hall College
Andrea Blakesley, Trinity Graduate, Director of Mudhut Communications Ltd, with vast experience in the world of entrepreneurship

May 2007

"Is work/life balance a myth?"
Dr Jane Sterling, Honorary Consultant Dermatologist and Senior Lecturer at Addenbrookes Hospital
Sherry Couto, Independent non-executive director of Library House. 20 years experience in financial services and technological industries

February 2007

"Nobody knows the truffles I've seen! Risk taking as an integral part of success and facing and triumphing against the unknown"
Mia Gray, MCRP PhD University Lecturer and Fellow of Girton College
Lynn Setchell, Customer Experience Director, Hotel Chocolat, Manager of the Chocolate Tasting Club

November 2006

"What they didn't teach us at school! Lessons from the 'real world'"
Dr Melissa Lane, Senior Lecturer in History, Associate Director, Centre for History & Economics, Fellow of King's College
Bridget Kerle, General Counsel for Plastic Logic and an abundance of business and legal experience

May 2006

"Change: creating, dealing with or avoiding it!"
Dr Liba Taub, Reader, History and Philosophy of Science Dept. Director and Curator Whipple Museum
Caroline Theobald, Managing Director, Bridge Club Ltd., Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

February 2005

"Self Efficacy - Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?"
Dr. Diana Lipton, Newnham College Director of Studies in Theology
Carol Borghesi, Managing Director 21st Century Service Delivery, BT