Student-led scheme supporting women and underrepresented genders in maths. Encouraging more undergraduates to consider further study. Insta: _piscopia
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7 Jan 2025
Celebrating 5 years of Piscopia! 🥳 Have a read (and share!) of our newsletter to hear about the highlights of the last half decade ✨️ piscopia.co.uk/2025/01/07/20… #celebration
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
11 Sep 2024
Last week, two of our undergraduates - Tommy Ilgunas and Ruby Keily-Thurstain (both MMath with Research Placement students) attended #Piforum24 at the University of Leicester, presenting posters of the research they undertook over summer. (1/3)
ALT A group photo of the conference attendees.
ALT Student Tommy Ilgunas standing in front of their poster.
ALT Student Ruby Keily-Thurstain standing in front of her poster.
ALT Origami pieces (attempted) to be put together to make a cube.
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5 Sep 2024
PiFORUM24 was a great success with 68 attendees, 30 talks, 15 posters, 8 prize winners, 3 flash talks, 2 workshops and 1 rhombic triacontahedron! Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen and who came along 🥳
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
4 Sep 2024
Great day yesterday at #PiFORUM24 🌈 So glad to see so many friendly people talking about math, research and life in academia! First time for me attending this event organised by @_Piscopia - and already looking forward to the next one!
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2 Sep 2024
The first day of PiFORUM24 has begun! We kicked off with a superb EDI mini-symposium with @FidgeyB @TiffanyVlaar and @GKefalidou! #PiFORUM24
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31 Jul 2024
PiFORUM24 will have our first mini-symposium based on ED&I - very on brand! Speakers are @TiffanyVlaar @FidgeyB @GKefalidou . Registration closes this Friday 2nd August! forms.gle/r4NAMeYZa7JS7bkt6 #edi #maths #conference
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17 Jul 2024
⏰️ Only 2 days left to apply for funding and/or a presentation for our annual event PiFORUM24! Deadline Friday, sign up here: forms.gle/DnzuNjRLQziX1RiE9 p.s. please share!
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2 Jul 2024
Check out the provisional schedule for PiFORUM24 this September! Register by the 19th of July to apply to give a talk and/or request travel funding. Form here: forms.gle/DnzuNjRLQziX1RiE9 #conference #edi #maths
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11 Jun 2024
Our final PiWORKS speaker of the year is @maddygracehall who will be talking on 25th June about Mathematical Storytelling. Sign up here: forms.gle/fWh1JTDkPTeA8LSH7
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20 May 2024
Registration is now open for our 4th annual conference PiFORUM24! Sign up here: forms.gle/DnzuNjRLQziX1RiE9 and please share to help us reach more women and underrepresented genders! #conference #womeninresearch #underrepresentedgenders
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19 May 2024
This month's PiWORKS speaker is @DrLayalHakim from @ExeterUniMaths on Tuesday 28th May at 1pm! Sign up via the form: forms.gle/mYi3zfbu1FKTEm3Y6 to receive the Teams link. #onlineseminar #maths #womeninstem #highereducation
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
We're thrilled to be hosting the @SIAM_UKIE National Student Chapter Conference 2024! A FREE event run by students, for students.
📅 13-14 June 2024
📍 Abacws Building, Cardiff
🚨 Reg. deadline: 12 May
🔗 siam-ima-cardiff.github.io/c…
@MathsCU @cardiffuni @CardiffDA @TheSIAMNews
ALT A poster for the SIAM-UKIE National Student Chapter Conference 2024. It has a picture of Cardiff Castle and the Abacws building. All other information on the poster can be found within the post's main text. Please visit our website for information on plenary speakers.
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1 May 2024
Our May Mathematician of the Month is @sophiemacmaths ! Read the full post over on our blog at piscopia.co.uk/2024/05/01/ma…… #celebration #womeninmaths @chalkdustmag
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28 Apr 2024
Final few days to apply to be one of our national co-leads! Deadline this Tuesday (30th) #volunteer
13 Apr 2024
We're on the look out for local committee members AND national co-leads! More information about the roles are on our website piscopia.co.uk/current-vacan…. Deadline for co-lead applications: 30th April. #volunteer
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17 Apr 2024
Make sure to sign up for this month's PiWORKS -forms.gle/gWqebFYjC3ViCDtB7 . Dr Anke Wiese talking about "Stochastic Differential Equations in Financial and Other Applications" on the 30th April 1-2pm! Streamed online and in person at the Bayes Centre, Edinburgh. #onlineseminar
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16 Apr 2024
How many could you tick off at your last conference? Comment below!
#conferencebingo
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
15 Apr 2024
Our school recently held a celebration event for receiving the Silver @Athena_SWAN award, marking a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within the field of mathematics. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/3UhX8Rz
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The Piscopia Initiative retweeted
15 Apr 2024
✨ A reminder that applications for the 2024 Emmy Noether Fellowships are open!
Grants of up to £10,000 are open to mathematicians with current or recent caring responsibilities.
Deadline: Sunday 16 June
Further details ➡️ lms.ac.uk/grants/lms-emmy-no…
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14 Apr 2024
#PiFORUM24 will be hosted by the University of Leicester this year and we want it to be bigger and better than last year! Fill in our interest form to help us choose a date and gauge interest forms.gle/JU8t49QXSZy6MZycA
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13 Apr 2024
We're on the look out for local committee members AND national co-leads! More information about the roles are on our website piscopia.co.uk/current-vacan…. Deadline for co-lead applications: 30th April. #volunteer
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