On April 12, 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first person to travel into space. Just two years later another Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, became the first woman to travel … Read more
Month: November 2017
Selfish or Self-Confident?
Heather is part of the small team who are developing the Inspire, Challenge, Excel Programme. As we continue explore the challenges women face in their … Read more
Equal Pay Day: has progress ground to a halt?
Today is Equal Pay Day in the UK. It is a symbolic day that marks when women effectively stop earning relative to men, and is … Read more
Inspiring Profile: 150 Years of Marie Curie
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and … Read more