THE CAMBRIDGE MIT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME: Mid-Career Enterprise Education for Technology and Science (MEETS) - Tuesday 7 & Saturday 28 June 2008

The MEETS course was designed by a team at the Cambridge-MIT Institute, specialising in enterprise, innovation and leadership education for organisations, students and mid-career women.

Increasing the number of women becoming senior managers and starting businesses is a key challenge facing the UK economy. Recent research suggests that if women started businesses at the same rate as men, the UK would have 150,000 additional start-ups each year. This inequality is even greater in the field of Science, Engineering and Technology, which traditionally has had a relatively low level of participation from women. Equally, there are still very few women who become senior managers in their company.

Start date/time: 9am on 7th and 28th June
Venue: Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
Organiser name: Jackie Ouchikh
Organiser email: j.ouchikh@cmi.cam.ac.uk
Organiser tel: +44 (0) 1223 448765

The MEETS course (Mid-Career Enterprise Education in Technology and Science) was designed by a team at the Cambridge-MIT Institute, specialising in enterprise, innovation and leadership education for organisations, students and mid-career women. The programme combines presentations, practical workshops, small group sessions and individual project work, preparing delegates to take the next step in their career.
 
This popular course, now in it's third year, is sponsored by the Cambridge-MIT Partnership Programme.  The Programme will be held over two Saturdays in June 2008 (7th and 28th) at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.
 
The course is aimed at professional women who have completed their second degree, and have an interest in exploring enterprise opportunities within the science and technology sector.
 
Topics include:

• What it takes to become more enterprising
• Presentation and networking skills
• Negotiation and organisational skills
• Career anchors and self assessment
• Business planning and finance 
  

The course offers participants the opportunity to meet and network with a variety of successful female entrepreneurs and executives in science and technology businesses from the UK and the US.

For more details please see the website.

There is no cost to attend this event.  If you would like to register your interest in attending, please email please email Jackie Ouchikh at j.ouchikh@cmi.cam.ac.uk.