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DOCTORAL STUDENTS VISITED
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

rs Eriyeti Murena, one of the doctoral stu-
dents in the Department of Industrial

MEngineering, visited United Arab Emirates
(UAE) on a trip sponsored by the Schlumberger Foun-

dation Fellowship Programme. This Fellowship nur-
tures a community of women in Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) from devel-
oping and emerging countries. The longterm goal of

the programme is to generate conditions that result in
more women pursuing scientific careers by lowering

the barriers women face when entering STEM disci-
plines, thus reducing the gender gap in STEM. After

attending the programme, the fellows are expected to
return to their home countries to contribute to econom-

ic, social and technological advancement by strength-
ening the STEM teaching and research faculties of

their home institutions, and to pursue positions in the
public sector where their newly acquired technical

and scientific skills can help provide evidence-based
support for STEM policy making. In so doing, they

become powerful role models and help to inspire
other girls and women to pursue scientific careers.

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