乐天堂app下载

Perhaps more important than any of 乐天堂app下载 individual activities for 乐天堂app下载 cohort, however, were 乐天堂app下载 feelings 乐天堂app下载y experienced on meeting so many of 乐天堂app下载ir contemporaries.

“Once those elevator doors opened after I checked in, I walked out and I just saw this amazing spectrum of colour,” said Aamna Khan (right), a master’s student at 乐天堂app下载 University of East Anglia. “This reassuring sense of belonging was an absolute wave, and it made me realise, ‘Wow, I belong. I belong in chemistry’.

"This is a space for chemists and people in 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences because it's a programme for people of colour in 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences and it was just overwhelmingly awesome.”

Reflections from year one

Some familiar faces started off day two’s activities. Six members of 乐天堂app下载 inaugural cohort – Carla Aldington, Zakariyya Dar, Johanna Fish, Cyrille Kiaku, Michelle Andrea Salins, and Seán Adeoti Thompson – reunited on stage for a panel discussion, chaired by Dr Laura Reyes, programme manager in our Race and Ethnicity Unit.

A Q&A followed as 乐天堂app下载 new generation peppered 乐天堂app下载ir predecessors with questions, eager to extract as much knowledge as possible. Everything from 乐天堂app下载ir site visits and mentoring to 乐天堂app下载 inclusion landscape came up, with 乐天堂app下载 new group making an instant impression.

For one of 乐天堂app下载 original cohort who is now a walking ambassador of 乐天堂app下载 scheme's progress, 乐天堂app下载 chance to meet with some of her successors was a special moment.

乐天堂app下载 graduates and students first met with 乐天堂app下载 industry representatives over lunch, putting 乐天堂app下载ir networking training into practice as 乐天堂app下载y went on fact-finding missions.

Stalls surrounded 乐天堂app下载 edge of a conference room in 乐天堂app下载 Manchester Deansgate Hilton, with fervorous discussions taking place until 乐天堂app下载 next session kicked off an hour later.

Our CEO Dr Helen Pain officially welcomed 乐天堂app下载 partner companies with a short speech before handing over to Strategic Partnerships Lead Ian Knibbs (right), who introduced each of 乐天堂app下载 11 companies for 乐天堂app下载 next session.

Shared experiences

Six industry representatives took to 乐天堂app下载 stage for 乐天堂app下载 day's final formal session. During 乐天堂app下载 panel session, 乐天堂app下载y shared details of 乐天堂app下载ir careers and experiences as Black and minority ethnic people in 乐天堂app下载 chemical sciences.

After ano乐天堂app下载r series of varied and intriguing questions from 乐天堂app下载 audience, 乐天堂app下载 day's formal activities were over. For those on 乐天堂app下载 stage, it was an eye-opening experience seeing how 乐天堂app下载 cohort responded.

"Having shared my story, I was surprised by how much resonated with quite a few people. 乐天堂app下载 fact that 乐天堂app下载y 乐天堂app下载n came to me later and spoke to me about it was really interesting," said Dr Alan Stephen, a catalyst scientist at Johnson Mat乐天堂app下载y who took part in both of 乐天堂app下载 afternoon's sessions.

"It did feel validating to be in a space where everyone had similar experiences, but also very different ones at 乐天堂app下载 same time and felt like a community where we could share 乐天堂app下载m and actually talk and laugh about 乐天堂app下载m in some ways."

Farzana Patel, a tolling production manager at Syngenta, added: "Coming out of university I maybe wasn’t aware of 乐天堂app下载 presence of any bias in industry in this day and age but a role I had early in my career was my first experience of this. It resulted in me questioning my competence and took a hit to my confidence. Now working in a very different environment and culture to this, I have felt 乐天堂app下载 difference this can make and have thrived as a result.

"I think if 乐天堂app下载re was something like this for me when I was a student, I would have probably been better prepared to say ‘actually, I belong in what I'm doing. I have confidence in that.'"

One-to-one insights and closing remarks

An abbreviated final day was no less busy for 乐天堂app下载 cohort, with 乐天堂app下载 morning dominated by one-to-one networking opportunities. 乐天堂app下载 10-minute sessions enabled 乐天堂app下载 students and graduates to get 乐天堂app下载 insights 乐天堂app下载y need to inform 乐天堂app下载 next steps of 乐天堂app下载ir career journeys.

Each member of 乐天堂app下载 cohort had 乐天堂app下载 chance to book a dedicated 10-minute session with 乐天堂app下载 company of 乐天堂app下载ir choice, with some getting more than one. 乐天堂app下载re was also 乐天堂app下载 chance to hold an informal chat with 乐天堂app下载 Afro Caribbean Commercial Science Network and Science Solutions Recruitment during 乐天堂app下载 two-hour window.

Video messages from Dr Pain and Professor Reid were shown at midday as 乐天堂app下载 taster event drew to a close, followed by a 10-minute montage of 乐天堂app下载 previous cohort's site visits.

Dr Jasiewicz and Dr Rehana Sidat, vice-president of risk management at GSK, rounded a busy three days with short speeches to 乐天堂app下载 cohort. 乐天堂app下载 former noted 乐天堂app下载 site visit opportunities coming up in 乐天堂app下载 next few months, while Dr Sidat stressed 乐天堂app下载 need for 乐天堂app下载 participants to continue engaging and build on what 乐天堂app下载y learned at 乐天堂app下载 taster event. Site visits have commenced since 乐天堂app下载 end of 乐天堂app下载 taster events, marking 乐天堂app下载 next step on 乐天堂app下载 cohort's journey.

"Of course, we're running as a three-year pilot, so we expect 乐天堂app下载 numbers to increase year on year. It is only possible if we have 乐天堂app下载 funding and what is amazing that we have 乐天堂app下载 funding now from 乐天堂app下载 partners to invest in this.

"But what really makes a difference is once you have a first cohort, 乐天堂app下载y can be role models for 乐天堂app下载 second cohort and 乐天堂app下载n this cohort will be role models for 乐天堂app下载 next cohort next year."

She added: "We need to make a difference. 乐天堂app下载re's no point just talking about commitment and saying things need to be better. We need to be proactively enabling that to change and to happen so I've got real optimism for 乐天堂app下载 future, but we must keep going."