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Edinburgh Women in STEM Trail

If you’re looking forward to next week’s Ada Lovelace Day 2024 events, here’s an appetiser for you.

The Edinburgh Women in STEM Trail created for the University’s Ada Lovelace Day 2023 event has a new home on Curious Edinburgh, which offers mobile walking tours on Edinburgh’s scientific and community heritage.

Visit the Curious Edinburgh webpage or get the app to see the tour in its new home.

What do a riot-causing medical student, a famous entomologist, a best-selling author-astronomer, an adventurous botanist and a pioneer of genetic engineering have in common? They are all women you can find out about in this tour, which features locations in Edinburgh connected to amazing women in STEM. Celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion in STEM by taking a look at Edinburgh-connected women who have made an impact in a wide range of STEM fields.

See the Edinburgh Women in STEM trail
The Exmoor coastline in Devon, with woods covering most of the visible cliffs.

Ada Lovelace on BBC Countryfile

The BBC Countryfile programme recently visited Culbone Woods on the north coast of Exmoor. Culbone Wood is part of the estate of Ashley Combe House, which Ada moved to after she married William King, who later becomes Lord Lovelace.

BoB video clip (7m 7s)

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an off-air recording and broadcast media archive service. BoB is available to all members of the University of Edinburgh.

How to access the service (within UK only)

Video summary

Lucy Shipley, a Historic Environment Record Officer at Exmoor National Park tells us that all this woodland used to be owned by Ada Lovelace, and they are now trying to recreate the vision Ada had for this woodland.

This includes reinstating and restoring five one-mile long footpaths, stone walls and viewpoints.

Woodland officer Graeme McVittie details conservation work of the rare whitebeam tree and their attempts to propagate (Sorbus Margaretae) one particular mature specimen located at a focal point overlooking the Bristol Channel.

Alternative viewing options

View Countryfile on BBC iPlayer

Image and video credits

BBC Countryfile

‘Clip from Countryfile: West Exmoor (Ada Lovelace)’, Countryfile, West Exmoor, 19:00 08/09/2024, BBC1 London, 60 mins. 00:38:56-00:46:03. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/clip/255747?bcast=141716161 (Accessed 09 Sep 2024)

View towards Foreland Point from Selworthy.jpg

Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Thank you

Many thanks to my friend Fiona MacPhee who kindly brought this feature to my attention.

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Ada Lovelace Day 2024

On Tuesday 8th October 2024, the University’s Information Services team are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2024 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).  All based in the Main Library, details will be confirmed when you book.

As usual, we will have an afternoon of talks, activities and training planned for Ada Lovelace Day.  Confirmed speakers:

Activities will include:

We’ll also have a Robotics themed Wikimedia Editathon after the talks in the afternoon.

Activities will start at 11, lunch at 12, talks at 12.30 and the editathon will start at 2.30.

Book your place now!