The Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition was an annual event organised by the UKRC between 2006 and 2012, when it was subsumed into the WISE Campaign awards.[1] It comprised creative photographs of outstanding women within science, engineering and technology (SET). Between four and seven women were chosen each year to be photographed by Robert Taylor.[1] Nominations occurred in the Autumn of each year and the recipients were announced at a ceremony in March of the following year.
Many of the portraits are on permanent loan to institutions such as the University of Oxford and The Royal Society;those of Joanna Kennedy, Julia King and Wendy Hall were hung in the Royal Academy of Engineering.[2] The portrait of Nancy Rothwell was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery.[3]
Award Recipients
Recipients were (with job titles at the time):[1]
2012
- Maggie Philbin, BBC Journalist and CEO TeenTech
- Belinda Swain, Chief Airworthiness Engineer at Rolls-Royce
- Angela Brady, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and founder of Women in Architecture
- Fiona Marshall, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Heptares Therapeutics Ltd
2011
- Dame Ann Dowling, Head of Engineering department at the University of Cambridge
- Dame Athene Donald, Professor at the University of Cambridge
- Cary Marsh, CEO & Founder of Mydeo.com and founding member of the Everywoman Modern Muse campaign
- Dervilla Mitchell, Senior Engineer at Arup
- Eileen Ingham, Head of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering at the University of Leeds
- Kate Bellingham, Broadcaster, Maths teacher, President of Young Engineers and a National STEM Careers Coordinator
- Dr Phebe Mann, Senior Lecturer and the first woman to hold five professional engineering qualifications in the UK
2010[4]
- Helen Atkinson, Professor of Engineering and Head of Mechanics of Materials Research Group, University of Leicester[5][6]
- Sarah Baillie, Inventor and creator of the Haptic Cow and Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College[7]
- Amanda Fisher, Director of the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre at Hammersmith Hospital and Professor and Head of Division of Clinical Sciences,[8] Imperial College, London
- Julia Higgins, Former Principal of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London
- Jackie Hunter, Senior Vice President and Head of Science Environment Development, GlaxoSmithKline
- Helen Mason, Astrophysicist and Senior Tutor at St Edmund's College, Cambridge[9] and lead on the Sun|Trek Project
2009[10]
2008[18]
- Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy and Director of the MRC Functional Genetics Unit at the University of Oxford
- Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at UCL and Research Foundation Professor at Aarhus University
- Dame Nancy Rothwell, MRC Research Professor, Deputy President and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Manchester
- Wendy Sadler, Director of Science Made Simple Ltd and works in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University
- Joanna Kennedy, Director of Ove Arup and Partners
- Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland within the Scottish Government
2007[19]
- Carol Robinson, Professor in the department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
- Frances Ashcroft, Professor in the department of physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford
- Dr Averil Macdonald, Physics Department at the University of Reading
- Dr Sima Adhya, Technical Product Manager at QAT, QinetiQ
- Julia King, Professor and Vice Chancellor at Aston University
- Ijeoma Uchegbu, Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of London
2006[20]
- Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astrophysicist and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford
- Kathy Sykes, Professor, Holds the Collier Chair in Public Engagement of Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol
- Dr Maggie Aderin, Managing Director of Science Innovation Ltd and Senior Project Manager at Space Science at Sira Ltd
- Julia Goodfellow, Professor, Chief Executive Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Rebecca George, Director at IBM