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Shima Barakat
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Creating a better world thru #Ent4SDGs. Startups/women/SET-SocEnt #EITFAN #WELeadFood #RisingWISE #WE4Impact CoFounder
Cambridge, Englandifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/sb679/Joined November 2010

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Preparing for University of Cambridge new staff welcome and induction tomorrow. Flyers - check, Satsumas - check, Sustainable chocolate - check! We'll be showcasing our #Ent4SDGs programmes for women faculty, researchers and professional staff to provid…
This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in self-reflexivity - although that term never features in the book. It offers some crucial insights about the difficulty of self-knowledge. Well written, clear and engaging too.
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Where do you eat your lunch? Outside? On the go? At your desk? Meal times are a construct but when and where we eat is related to how much and how well we eat. We might eat better & find other benefits like movement or outdoor nourishment if we take lunch away from work… 1/2
selfie of me in a picnic blanket and good print dress and fruit basket earrings
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2020 - practically all organisations had a Black Lives Matter statement, pledging to address racism. 2021 - Tories got Sewell to assemble Black people to say systemic and institutional racism didn't exist despite clear evidence it did. 2023 - Met is denying institutional racism
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"The challenge is that people have different interpretations of what institutional means." Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley tells @krishgm why he will not accept there is institutional racism in the force.
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'Y la interrogación que sube a mi garganta al mirarlos pasar, me desciende, vencida: hablan extrañas lenguas y no la conmovida lengua que en tierras de oro mi pobre madre canta.' Desolación, Gabriela Mistral.
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"Her story is so well known to the people of South America that, passed on from country to country, it has become almost a legend." Do you know the story of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral? Read it here: bit.ly/3fdYV5S
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Seriously loved seeing the excellence in the Cambridge #21toWatch they are all well worth following. Grateful to Faye, James and the for letting me tell their listeners about #InnovateCambridge and the survey we are hoping all Cambridge innovators fill out.
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James talks to Faye about the #21toWatch programme and this year’s winners, and features two of the winners – @dramafrimpong 52 North Health and Simon Jones, @helio_d_m We also talk to @tabithagold about Innovate Cambridge. #CamTechPod ow.ly/m4g250N8Wxt
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Missed our #IWD2023 Twitter Fest on Leadership, last week? Never too late! The beauty of twitter: it's there for you to see and contribute whenever you like. We'll also take the conversation further using #WELeadFood for the rest of the year. Join us!
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After all the activities yesterday at #IWD2023, has your idea on leadership shifted or changed? I’m very interested to hear thoughts on what you think makes great leadership and will feed these insights into shaping our next programmes. #shapethefuture #Ent4SDGs #WELeadFood
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#IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay #WELeadFood @IfMCambridge @ImdeaAlimenta @AarhusUni_int @EITFood @PANOlsztyn @EITFood_NWest @EITeu
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What do you look for in a Leadership programme to attend or send someone from your team? These are my thoughts for choosing a programme that will equip effective leaders in a rapidly changing world. #IWD2023 #Internationalwomensday #WELeadFood
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I did some surveying of leadership programmes last year to benchmark #WELeadFood. Naturally, not all leadership programmes are created equally, and obviously, they are not all suitable for. These are my conclusions and advice #IWD2023
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it is so brilliant to have you join our #community of #WomenSupportingWomen + #WomenInSTEM and we're delighted you're enjoying the #RisingWISE programme so far! Can't wait to meet you all in 3d! @enterprisingox
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Feb-Mar 23: Oxbridge RisingWISE program Excited to be in the '23 RisingWISE cohort, an incredible program for women in #STEM by @EntWomenOx & @Cambridge_Uni. Loving the online sessions so far & very much looking forward to the in-person ones in Oxford later this month! 👭 (2/n)
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