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SUMMARY:Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20131125T103000Z
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CONTACT:Cambridge AWiSE
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 25th November 2013\, the Laboratory of Molecular Bio
 logy (LMB) will be hosting a Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in Cam
 bridge - the latest in a series of such events to celebrate the MRC’s Ce
 ntenary.\n\n* Would you like to learn how to edit Wikipedia? \n* Would you
  like to help improve the Wikipedia articles of your scientific heroines?\
 n* Would you like to join the debate on women’s experiences in science a
 nd how under-representation of women can be tackled?\n\nIf so\, this is th
 e event for you!\n\nThere are 20 places available at the Wikipedia Edit-a-
 thon workshop (10.30 am - 6.00 pm) where participants will be taught how t
 o edit Wikipedia and will have access to resources from the MRC\, the Roya
 l Society\, the Wellcome Collection and the LMB in order to create and imp
 rove articles about MRC-funded and other female scientists.  The workshop 
 is open to people who are new to Wikipedia as well as experienced Wikipedi
 a editors.\n\nThere are 200 places available for the Women in Science pane
 l discussion (1.00 - 2.30 pm)\, led by Mariann Bienz FRS from the LMB and 
 Nicola Hannam from the Science Council.  Come along to discuss how women c
 an be better represented in science and hear how eminent female scientists
 ' careers have flourished.\n\nTea and cake will be served after the discus
 sion.\n\nAttendance is free\, but booking through EventBrite is essential:
 \n\nhttp://lmb-women-in-science.eventbrite.co.uk/\n\nJudging by previous e
 vents\, places will go quickly!\n\nAny editors who would like to join in r
 emotely should register online at the Wikipedia event page below and can c
 ommunicate with the LMB editors via twitter: @wikimediauk\, #WISWIKI.\n\nF
 or more information:\n\nLMB News story: http://mrc.io/1h8aJ3W\n\nWikipedia
  event page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s
 _History/Laboratory_of_Molecular_Biology_2013\n\nThis event is a collabora
 tion between Wikimedia UK\, the Medical Research Council\, the Royal Socie
 ty and Cambridge AWiSE.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
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