Author: Max Fisher
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Bedford LGBT+ History Month: Keynote Speech
In February, the day after LGBTQ, STEM, and You, I was delighted to deliver a second keynote speech for Bedford’s LGBT+ History Month event. This event was held in The Higgins Museum in Bedford, celebrating LGBT+ history and what it means to be queer in the modern day. I had such a great time listening…
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STEM, LGBTQ, and You: Keynote Speech
In February, I was honoured to deliver the keynote speech for oSTEM‘s STEM, LGBTQ, and You conference! The conference was based in Birmingham in the Sense Touchbase Pears, and bought together queer scientists from a wide range of disciplines. There was such a wonderful selection of talks to attend, too, featuring speakers like TEDx speaker:…
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Celebrating 25+ Volunteer Hours
Recently, I received my silver shield from Nottingham Trent University to celebrate 25 volunteer hours! My 25 hours has looked like career talks, poster judging, teaching in seminars, Bioscience Employer board meetings, lectures on networking as an early career scientist, mentoring, sharing my journey as a disabled scientist, and so much more! I have enjoyed…
