Members donate books to be sold at our monthly meeting bookstall, and all proceeds go to supporting our philanthropic projects. However, with such voracious readers in our midst, we often have more books than can be sold. So, we have decided to donate those that are not purchased at the bookstall to the Scottish Women’s … More Reading at Her Majesty’s Pleasure
Each year, Graduate Women Scotland East makes a small award to the top female student from each summer school at the University of Dundee and Abertay University. This year the recipients were Danii Ireland and Mira Deri. Danii is studying Medicine at the University of Dundee, and she is the first student to be admitted … More Annual Student Award
April 29 Discovery Point, Dundee: Research Presentations Day This year GWSEast hosted the annual event offering Ph.D students an opportunity to present their work and receive constructive feedback from members and an academic assessor. 75 students expressed an interest in taking part and 8 students were selected. Their research studies included foot problems associated with diabetes, … More Research Presentations Day
On 21 November, GWSEast joined GWS members from across Scotland at the Scottish Parliament at the GWS seminar, “The Impact of Conflict on Women and Girls”. The event explored how living in and fleeing from conflict has a specific impact on women and girls, and the effect of grief on children in conflict zones. The … More The Impact of Conflict on Women and Girls
At our AGM on 20 October, we awarded Lesley Small and Naomi Wilson bursary prizes for achieving top marks in their respective access programmes. Small has recently completed the Transition Programme at the University of Abertay, and Wilson finished the University of Dundee DUAL Summer School this year. Both are now studying as first years … More 2016 Access Prize Winners
