Workshop outline
     Me talking (10 minutes)
     • About me…
     • What are strategies for success?
     • Do women need different strategies for success?
     • Identifying role models
     You doing (40 minutes)
     1. Identify your own goals (what is success?)
     2. Identify how to get there (the strategies)
     3. Identify challenges & strategies to deal with them
     Me talking (5 minutes)
      •   What can we learn from those in leadership positions
     You doing (5 minutes)
      •   Write the goals for your goals for the next 6 months
     GCSEs                        Pure determination &        Time for hobbies & 
                 A-levels         hard work!                  looking for job passion 
   Passion for  (science & art)  MEng Engineering
    subject                                                   (not progression)
                                (with a placement year           Engineer in industry
                                  AND year in France)            (6 years, 3 different jobs)
          My career & strategies                             Desire to travel
                                                                    6 months travel
                                                                   (& conservation work)
                                                           Following passion
                                                                    Open University 
                                                                          Biology
                                                                            Following passion 
                                                          MRes Biology & location
                                                          (Uni St Andrews)
                                     PhD Marine Biology              LUCK! 
                                 (whales, dolphins & porpoises!)     (at the right place 
                                          Forward thinking,          at the right time)
                       2 post-docs
  ?!                   (& 2 children)     networking, social 
      Lecturer in           Making sure I  media profile
   Marine Ecology           ticked all boxes
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            Where I 
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                                                                                       Where I 
                                                                                       am now
                   Me now – Lecturer in Marine Ecology
    My challenges                                           My strategies
    •  Time challenged!
    •  Self-doubt (‘imposter syndrome’)
    •  Balancing research & teaching
    •  Inability to say ‘no’
    •  Interested in everything!
                               Future me goals
                            1. Work-family balance
                  2. Promotion! Reader in Marine Ecology