The Queen's College Record 2020
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Network<br />
Old Members’ Activities<br />
<strong>The</strong> Queen’s Women’s Network has been set up to provide professional and social<br />
networking opportunities for current and Old Members, especially women. <strong>The</strong> aim is<br />
to help everyone, within and across the generations, to celebrate success, promote<br />
equality and inclusion and champion change. <strong>The</strong> Network also aims to provide career<br />
support and, in the future, to establish two-way mentoring.<br />
<strong>The</strong> events and activities have been designed and organised by Janet Hayes (née<br />
Dyson; Modern Languages, 1981), Judith Bufton (née Leeming; Classics and Modern<br />
Languages, 1979), Jane Welsh (née Chapman; PPE, 1979), Catherine Palmer<br />
(Jurisprudence, 1993) and Anna Howard (née Parks; Modern Languages, 1995). Our<br />
thanks also go to the other Old Members who have provided speakers and venues<br />
and facilitated events, including Catherine Palmer at Joseph, Mark Evans (Modern<br />
Languages, 1977) at RSM and Kate Cooper (née Sheen; English and Modern<br />
Languages, 1999) and Holly Pirnie (née Insley; Jurisprudence, 2000) at Freshfields.<br />
We have been delighted with the response to the network which has been very<br />
successful in its overall aims, particularly in providing networking opportunities for Old<br />
Members in London and the South East. Attendees at the four in-person events have<br />
come from all generations of Queen’s women as well as a handful of Queen’s men.<br />
Between 40 and 70 people have attended each event. Topics have included:<br />
• the Network launch, when executive coach Mia Forbes Pirie spoke of finding and<br />
appreciating our unique talent and then fitting out (not in);<br />
• Nicola Waterworth (Modern History, 1998) leading a discussion on the challenges<br />
and opportunities for women in politics from her study of Women, Power, Politics:<br />
what’s changed in 100 years for the British Council;<br />
• Janet Hayes speaking on her MSc research into women’s journeys to leadership<br />
and the concept of ‘having it all’, followed by a panel discussion with Nishi Grose<br />
(née Somaiya; PPE, 1998), April Burt (DPhil in Environmental Research, 2017) and<br />
Freshfields Partner, Caroline Stroud.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two-year anniversary of the<br />
launch of the Network was marked<br />
by a conversation (pictured) with the<br />
<strong>College</strong>’s first female Provost, Dr Claire<br />
Craig, and a dinner at the University<br />
Women’s Club where views were<br />
sought on the future of the Network.<br />
See the Queen’s YouTube channel<br />
(www.youtube.com/queenscollegeox) for<br />
a video of the conversation with Claire.<br />
94 <strong>The</strong> Queen’s <strong>College</strong> | <strong>College</strong> <strong>Record</strong> <strong>2020</strong>