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A series of photos from The Road Less Travelled

The Road Less Travelled (February 2025)

The ASCEND Network launched with its inaugural event, The Road Less Travelled: women’s journeys into academic leadership on February 11th.

80 people registered to listen to Dr Laura Coates and Professors Kokila Lakhoo and Eva Morris discuss their experiences, from growing up in South Africa during apartheid, to battling continual rejection whilst establishing their research career.

100% of attendees surveyed reported they found the event interesting:

“The speakers were really inspiring and I loved how they were all so humble and gave such fully rounded pictures of [their] lives.”

“The speakers were all individually interesting and a collective theme seemed to appear around resilience, not being afraid of rejection - it may open "better" doors, and being confident in ploughing "your own" furrow.”

“The 3 speakers were from different background [yet] made you feel inspired with one common theme.”

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