Womanthology

Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Mark Lomas, head of culture at Lloyd's of London. Mark shares his thoughts about inclusion and the role of a male ally, as well as allyship more broadly. We also discuss diverse talent and intersectionality.

You can read the written interview we did with Mark in his previous role back in 2021 here too.

This is the last written issue and podcast episode before we take our summer break but we will be back in September. Until then, have a wonderful summer, and don’t forget that you can access our full archive of podcast episodes here on our website to keep you going until we return!

Welcome to the sixty-second episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Dr Antonia Tzemenaki, who is a robotics lecturer for the Bristol Robotics Lab at the University of Bristol. She is also on the board of directors of the International Women in Robotics network. She shares her passion for all things robotics and discusses her research interests in areas such as healthcare and space.

To find out more about Women in Robotics - UK, please visit:

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12681461/

https://www.instagram.com/womeninroboticsuk/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will be featuring male allies.

Welcome to the sixty-first episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

Ahead of this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, we chat with Dawn Bonfield MBE, Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at King's College London, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at Aston University, UK representative for the World Federation of Engineering Organisations, and founder of the inclusivity consultancy, Towards Vision.

To find out more about Dawn, please visit:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnbonfield

http://www.dawnbonfield.com/

https://twitter.com/dawnbonfield

http://www.towardsvision.org/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will where be joined by women working in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Welcome to the sixtieth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Professor Nathalie Pettorelli, co-founder of Soapbox Science. We'll be talking about the work Natalie's been doing alongside her co-founder, Professor Seirian Sumner, and also with Isla Watton, who coordinates the organisation of Soapbox Science on a day-to-day basis, since we spoke on last year's podcast.

To find out more about Soapbox Science, please visit:

http://soapboxscience.org/

https://twitter.com/soapboxscience

https://www.instagram.com/soapboxscience

https://www.facebook.com/soapboxscience/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will mark this year's International Women in Engineering Day.

Welcome to the fifty-ninth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with mathematician, Dr Sophie Carr, about her work as an engineer in the aeronautical sector before she established Bays Consulting, as well as her multiple roles championing all things maths in several organisations, including the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

To find out more about Bays Consulting, please visit:

https://baysconsulting.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/SophieBays

https://twitter.com/Baystastic

https://www.instagram.com/baystastic/

https://www.facebook.com/Baystastic/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/baysconsultinguk/

You can read Sophie's written pieces for Womanthology here:

Women in Mathematics, Issue 99 - April 2018

Women in Mathematics, Issue 123 - April 2021

The blog post Sophie mentions that she wrote for the Royal Statistical Society can be found here:

Maths to 18: Data must be integral to new proposals for maths education in England

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we collaborate once again with our wonderful friends at Soapbox Science.

Welcome to the fifty-eighth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Dr Mamatha Maheshwarappa, who discusses her role as payload systems lead within the Office of the Chief Engineer at the UK Space Agency, providing technical leadership and oversight for several instruments and payloads, as well as leading the Agency's work on space-based solar power.

To find out more about the UK Space Agency, please visit:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we shine a light on epic women in mathematics.

Welcome to the fifty-seventh episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Sue Daley, Director of Tech and Innovation at techUK, who is recognised as one of the UK's most influential women in technology. Sue talks us through the work she's doing leading techUK's technology and innovation strategy. This includes driving techUK’s cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence (including digital ethics), digital identity and Internet of things work programmes, as well as campaigns on innovative policy and emerging / transformative technologies.

To find out more about techUK, please visit:

https://www.techuk.org/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will showcase the careers of women working in the space sector.

Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Sophie Smallwood, co-founder of Roleshare, the platform that helps increase employment opportunities and allows companies to retain more talent. Sophie explains how role sharing could make a massive difference in reducing gender pay gaps and gender seniority gaps moving forward.

To find out more about Roleshare please visit:

https://www.roleshare.com/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will showcase the talents of women in tech.

Welcome to the fifty-fifth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Sue Moncur, who is vice president of international marketing for Ancestry. She gives us an overview of her role, as well as sharing how Ancestry is empowering journeys of personal discovery to enrich life. Sue shares how you don’t have to be on a genealogy TV show to get bitten by the bug of discovering more about your family history and understanding what helps to make you who you are. She also discusses how historical records have changed to reflect women’s independence and status in society over time.

To find out more about Ancestry please visit:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we will be delving into the gender pay gap.

Welcome to the fifty-forth episode of the Womanthology podcast.

Womanthology is the digital magazine and professional community powered by female energy and ingenuity. We champion equal recognition and reward for everyone, sharing opportunities, ideas and a deep pool of collective wisdom – supporting each other to be unstoppable.

In this episode, we chat with Katy Neep, gender equality campaign director at Business in the Community, the charity and membership organisation dedicated to responsible business, campaigning with their members to help them continually grow their responsible business practices. Katy shares the work she’s been doing with colleagues in the skills and inclusion space, as well as giving an overview of the work colleagues in BITC’s advisory arm are doing too.

To find out more about what we do at BITC please visit:

https://www.bitc.org.uk/

For anyone looking for advice and support in how they can further their responsible business journey, BITC's Advisory services is a great way to start:

https://www.bitc.org.uk/advisory-services/

BITC's Gender Campaign works to remove the four inequality indicators of pay, power, job security, and harassment and discrimination. A great place for employers to start to shape their Gender Equality journey is BITC's Gender Route Map which can be accessed here:

https://www.bitc.org.uk/report/route-map-to-a-more-gender-equal-future/

To access our Who Cares research and find out more about our calls to action please visit: https://www.bitc.org.uk/report/who-cares/

To hear more about flexible working and bringing gender equity to your policies and cultures why not join us for our power hour on Flexible Working - not a women's issue on International Women's Day - click here to sign up:

To read insights from the Times Top 50 please visit:

https://www.bitc.org.uk/the-times-top-50-employers-for-gender-equality/

Join us in the next episode and written issue where we reflect on some epic women from history.