Preparing for your Career Break
This workshop will help will help women through the stressful process of planning a career break – either for parental or for other reasons. It will offer tips and ideas of how to leave work feeling confident and in control, explore ideas on keeping in touch whilst away and give women the opportunity to discuss concerns and share experiences.
Speaker: Rachel Tobbell
At an early stage of her career, Rachel Tobbell took up a post at the Royal Society. She stayed there for six years and became Head of Research Support, overseeing the awarding of Research Fellowships, Professorships and grants. She was instrumental in setting up the Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships, which provide flexible funding and mentoring support for young researchers. She ran the Graduate School in Science, Engineering and Medicine at the University of Manchester, and helped re-design the teaching of undergraduate engineering to incorporate problem-based learning. Rachel now works at the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) where she is the manager of the Services for Women team.