It's International Women's Day! To celebrate, we've pulled together some of our amazing women at Strathclyde.
Find out more about all the fantastic work they're doing.
Women at Strathclyde
Tea Tvrdeic, Urban Design (MSc)
"I was studying landscape architecture in Croatia then I decided that I wanted to work on a smaller scale and move on to masterplans - it's a good combination. In Croatia, I didn't have the opportunity to change course for my master degree, so I found my degree at Strathclyde and packed my things!"
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Zoë Davidson, Physics (PhD)
"On reflection, my experience in Japan was simply invaluable and unforgettable. I would encourage anyone, especially PhD students, to apply for similar opportunities. I have learnt that feelings of fear and apprehension can be good indicators that you are about to do something new, exciting and worthwhile to expand your comfort zone, so go for it."
Hayley Leitch, Secondary Education (PGDE)
I wanted to help and do something worthwhile. I’m really passionate about geography and think it’s a really relevant subject. Topics such as climate change are always featured on the news.
[During my placement] I was responsible for modifying and using an existing forecasting model. This involved me in primary research, as well as utilising operational tools that were taught through class material.
Danai Chatzidimitriou
Business Analysis & Consulting (MSc)
Business Analysis & Consulting (MSc)
Alex Wasalinko, Creative Writing student
"I'm doing a Masters in Creative Writing. It's a lot of independent research which I really love so I was able to build my own dissertation from past research experience and where I wanted to go with it."
Christine Dufés, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Science
"We've developed some new seek-and-destroy nanomedicines...and we've demonstrated that intravenous administration of this nanomedicine led to the complete disappearance of 70% of one type of [prostate cancer] tumour, and 50% of another type of [prostate cancer] tumour."
Melody House, Applied Gender Studies (MSc)
Universities are such great environments for thinking, and I have always loved learning and challenging myself intellectually. My time in my undergraduate degree was very fulfilling, and after being out of it for two years I really missed it. I still have so much to learn, so why stop now!
Dr Debra Willison, Faculty of Science
"The best part about working here is the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the whole university. This brings in a whole host of people from other services and faculties who have expertise in different areas who you get the chance to work with and build great working relationships with."
Shurouq Ahmad Murqaten, Lean Six Sigma for Process Excellence (MSc)
"I have always been passionate about learning how to improve things. Lean Six Sigma was the perfect choice to learn more about techniques and methodologies applied in this field."
The course has exactly what I was looking for, equipping myself with knowledge in finance, math, computer sciences as well as a quantitative set of skills to become a future quant.
Tran Ha Dung
Quantitative Finance (MSc)
Quantitative Finance (MSc)
Ning, Finance (MSc)
"Before I came here I used to be an auditor for De Loitte. After that I wanted to work for a non-profit organisation, that's why I applied for the Security and Exchange Commission in Thailand."
Kylie Ang She Tou, Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (MSc) student
"I got a very good job in Malaysia. I'm a Pharmacist, a registered Pharmacist. I can open my own pharmacy but I decided to come here to do my postgraduate study."
I have come to learn and explore new and interesting urban concepts, and this was quite exciting for me. However, the most exciting part is the opportunity to present a novel idea, of linking slums and city prosperity in an intervention agenda for slum and city improvement.
Aisha Abubakar
Aisha Abubakar, Architecture (PhD)
Aisha Abubakar, Architecture (PhD)
Laura Murrie, Psychology (BA)
"I've completed a Mental Health First Aid certificate, had the opportunity to sit on a review panel for a department within Strathclyde, lived and studied in another country… Also, having a ‘student’ status opens up a number of opportunities for volunteering."
Patricia Kelly, Biochemistry & Immunology (BSc)
"What amazed me about STEMAspire is that it really is all about you. You get to design the programme yourself, tailor it around the skills you want to develop and choose what you want to work on over the year."
Praosiri Charusalaipong, Marketing (PhD)
"My research is in the area of service marketing and dark tourism. I study the experience offerings and visitor experiences in war-related sites such as battlefields."
I was always interested in science and physics, and later fell in love with Quantum Physics. At Strathclyde, I was impressed by the ratio of females studying Physics.
Araceli Venegas-Gomez
Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Physics (PhD)
Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Physics (PhD)
Jennifer Wallace, Science graduate
"I started a new job in Project Management [after graduating], working for a company focused on clinical trials. It’s exciting to be out doing something new, building my career, continuing to learn and building on my academic experience."
Aurrora De Monte, Child & Youth Care Studies (MSc)
Not only have I increased my knowledge and analysis of theoretical foundations, but have also been challenged in my application of developmental theories, and encouraged to critically reflect on management and leadership in practice.
Maryam Omowunmi Abdul-Rahman nee Musah, Quantitative Finance (MSc)
"Studying an MSc in Quantitative Finance at the University of Strathclyde equipped me with analytical, problem solving, and data analysis skills using R programming language, Microsoft Excel and working on real-life projects, to position myself with the right skill set needed on the day-to-day basis of my job."
Reshma Ranjit, Cancer Therapies (MSc)
"Cancer was the course I always wanted to do. It includes care-targeted therapies and advanced biomedical research labs and quite a few new subjects which are included are drug discovery and targeted therapies."
Lisa McCann & Roma Maguire, Computer & Information Sciences
"The eSMART study is a European randomised controlled trial in five countries across Europe of our mobile phone-based remote patient monitoring system to support patients with cancer during their chemotherapy treatment."
Since I was young, I've always wanted to be a researcher. I was particularly fascinated at how this field combines the abstractness and beauty of mathematics with the possibility for real everyday life applications.
Maria Weikum
Caitlin Hykel, Forensic Science (MSc)
"I feel that my nine months here at Strathclyde have definitely been stepping stones towards a future career. I feel more prepared, I've done more techniques that I haven't done in my undergraduate degree that I can carry forward and use in the workplace."
Neha Jadhav
"Strathclyde truly is a place of useful learning."
Alice Tolworthy, Biomedical Engineering (BEng)
"The best thing about Strathclyde is how world class their research and facilities are. Your lecturers are all experts in their fields, but are also supportive and accessible if you need extra help or want to learn more."
Julia Loder, Quantitative Finance (MSc)
"Studying here, the classes are much smaller [than in Germany]. There is good contact with the lecturers and the materials are more straightforward. Overall, I have a much greater learning experience here."
Jaylan Azer, Marketing (PhD)
"I was a bit nervous about the Scottish accent at first but I haven’t found it a problem at Strathclyde. Perhaps this is because the University has a lot of international students. I haven’t had any problems, and staff always say ‘stop us if you don’t understand anything.'"
Engineering the Future for Girls
"I wasn't too sure what I wanted to do when I came here but this has taught me what I'd like to do when I'm older."
Maria Sahayaselvan, Forensic Science (MSc)
"Personally, for me, the most important aspect of the course was the mock outdoor crime scene exercise where students were asked to collect evidence from the scene and come back to the laboratory and analyse the evidence."
I fell in love with Mechatronics and Automation as a high school student when I went to a career event at my undergraduate university, the American University in Cairo (AUC). After studying the subject during my Bachelor degree, I decided that it is a very challenging field that needs to be further explored and studied.
Hinar Adel Awad, Mechatronics & Automation (MSc)
Nur Liyana Idzreen, Electrical Power Engineering (MSc)
"You can learn everything about power engineering and also have the business side of it. You can learn the economics part, what's the function of each thing, which roles and all that you didn't know before but you know it when you come here."
Voraluck Prakotmongkol, Prosthetics & Orthotics (MSc)
"After I graduate from Strathclyde, I would like to bring this kind of knowledge back to my country and think about what else we can do to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in my country."
Victoria Hamilton, Product Design Engineering (MEng)
"The support and encouragement I got to take my fifth year project forward after university was invaluable. It completely changed my life, I actually had a graduate scheme lined up for after I graduated, but with moral encouragement and expert design and business support from the department, I entered a number of business start-up competitions and secured the funding I needed to set up my own business.."
Javiera Yáñez, Global Innovation Management (MSc)
"For my current position, my company was actually looking for people who had studied Innovation Management. Also, my Master’s degree provided me with the opportunity to gain work experience within the field of Innovation Management at Airbus in Hamburg, where I completed an internship and wrote my Master’s degree thesis."
Keri Cummings, Category Marketing Executive
"I work as the Category Marketing Executive for Macphie in Aberdeenshire. Macphie is a food ingredients manufacturer (mostly they make cakes, so I’m rather lucky). I’m very lucky that I get to do a job that covers nearly everything that I learned in Design, Manufacture & Engineering Management."