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January 12, 2026
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Women in Tech – Open Session 7th December 2022

November 6, 2022

The Women in Tech Group is delighted to confirm that Dr Michelle Jackson will be joing us on 7th December from 1pm-2pm to talk about the Herschel Programme for Women in Technical Leadership. The Herschel […]

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Women in Tech – 5th October Open Session

September 28, 2022

Following on from our previous sessions highlighting and discussing issues that may be of specific interest to Women in Tech, we are delighted to announce the next session in our series: Wednesday 5th October 2022, […]

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IST Technical Conference 2023

September 20, 2022

After a very succesful Conference in York on Sept 14th where we had over 300 delegates registered, we are now looking at venues for our 2023 event. Save the date in your diary  – Weds, […]

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