Dr Eva Higginbotham

I chaired an 18-person committee responsible for representing the Newnham College graduate community to senior levels of administration within the college and wider university, as well as organising the social and welfare calendar for students. This involved liaising with the college Principal and staff, chairing committee meetings, conceptualising and running various events, setting targets for members of the committee, and voting on important decisions within college and the university's student union for the benefit of the Newnham College community. 

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Photo credit Julieta Sarmiento-Ponce.

I acted as one of three graduate student representatives for my PhD department. This involved running Town Hall meetings to facilitate feedback from students, preparing reports for the graduate studies committee, organising and running social events (pizza documentary evenings, Christmas party, summer BBQ), and coordinating the bi-annual Zoology Student Symposium which featured ~20 talks from students.

• Social media team member for the Symposium for Biological and Life Sciences student conference (Nov 2017)

• Public engagement volunteer with the Gurdon Institute running an interactive developmental biology stall at ‘The Green Man’ music festival (Aug 2017)

• Third place for best developmental biology poster at the BSDB/BSCB/Genetics Society Spring Meeting (Apr 2017)

• Co-organiser of ‘Will you change the world? A one day workshop on women’s politics and organising’ (Oct 2016)

• First place for Best Research Talk at Newnham College Graduate Symposium (Mar 2016)

• Women’s Officer of Newnham College MCR Committee (Nov 2014 - Nov 2015)

• First place for the University of Manchester Renshaw Physiology Placement award (2014)