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- 1 2 "The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust, registered charity no. 1125867". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- 1 2 Perry, Katie (9 October 2003). "Obituary: Betty Johnson". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 March 2012.
The physicist Professor Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson, who has died aged 66, was a major force in the establishment of the Daphne Jackson Trust in 1992 to help women returning to science after a career break.
- ↑ "Online catalogue – The UKRC". The UKRC. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
The Trust normally offers two-year part-time Fellowships, which are held at a UK University or research laboratory. Fellows carry out a supervised research project and retraining programme.
- ↑ "University of Surrey Press Release". 16 January 2002. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
Daphne Jackson was Britain's first woman professor of physics and lived in Guildford until her untimely death in 1991.
- ↑ "Memorandum to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Innovation, Universities and Skills, Memorandum 50". 27 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
Professor Daphne Jackson, who set up in 1985 the first (and still the only) retraining initiative to help women scientists return to research after a career break summarised the issue of women returners most succinctly by saying "Imagine a society that would allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket simply because she took a career break for family reasons".
- ↑ Perry, Katie (9 October 2003). "Obituary: Betty Johnson". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 March 2012.
Jackson set up the Daphne Jackson Fellowship scheme in 1985, offering female returners to science a chance to retrain and update their skills over the course of two-year academic and industrial fellowships.
- ↑ "University of Surrey Press Release about Betty Johnson MBE". 19 June 2002. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
Dr Betty Johnson, Co-ordinator of the Daphne Jackson Trust has been awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to people returning to careers in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET).
- ↑ "Times Higher Education – Daphne Jackson Trust names its 100th fellow". Times Higher Education . 20 September 2002. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
The Daphne Jackson Trust has named its 100th fellow since it was set up ten years ago.
- ↑ Davis, Caroline (24 October 2003). "Times Higher Education – Men who juggle campus and Pampers". Times Higher Education . Retrieved 8 March 2012.
Kafala had begun to fear that his academic career was over, but he has just found a part-time research position in medical physics at Surrey University. He got a helping hand from an unexpected quarter, the Daphne Jackson Trust.
- ↑ Perry, Katie (6 February 2004). "Five Children and a Fellowship – Science Careers – Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Faculty, Postdoc jobs on Science Careers". Science . Retrieved 8 March 2012.
Kafala became the first male Daphne Jackson Fellow in September 2003.
[ permanent dead link ] - ↑ "The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust, registered charity no. 1009605". Charity Commission for England and Wales.