The College Record 2022

QUEEN’S WOMEN’S NETWORK
Events
Women in Finance
On the 28 November 2021, the Queen’s Women’s Network held its first ‘hybrid’ event
with a live audience in the Shulman Auditorium in the College and live-streaming
to Old Members around the world. Introduced by the Provost and co-hosted by
Elizabeth Pilkington (Mathematics, 2000) and Jane Welsh (PPE, 1979) from the
Queen’s Women’s Network, the panel comprised Rebecca Emerson (Economics,
1992) and Paola Simpson (Modern History and Modern Languages, 1980). After
a quick overview of the breadth of the finance industry and the state of diversity
in it, the panellists shared their career histories and advice around how to get into
the industry. We had lots of questions from both the live audience and from those
listening online and the discussions continued over drinks afterwards.
Old Members’ Activities
Going with the Flow
Going with the Flow is an event for women and men alike and will bring together
specialists from the worlds of menstruation, infertility and menopause to help clarify
and discuss how some of these stages in life can have an impact on the workplace
and what we can do to help those who are affected.
We were really pleased that Linklaters volunteered to host this event in March 2022
after a couple of postponements during COVID-19. After this was again frustratingly
postponed, this time because of a tube strike, they kindly agreed to reschedule yet
again to the end of September.
We are very grateful to previous hosts for their generosity: Joseph, RSM and
Linklaters and are always on the lookout for venues for our events. These take
place primarily in London at the moment for maximum impact and reach; however,
we would be keen to provide support for anyone wishing to host and organise a
Network event in another city. This would usually entail providing a presentation
space to host around 50-70 people with drinks and nibbles, etc. Please contact us
via the Old Members' Office if you would be interested to explore this.
Development
The staff in the Old Members Office have always been incredibly supportive of the
QWN and have helped with all the Network events and communications. A key
point of contact for us has been Jen Stedman who has handed over some of her
role during her maternity leave. We have been gradually getting to know the other
members of the team to ensure the continuity of our annual programme. The removal
of the lockdown has helped this considerably and we have finally been able to meet
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