UCISA is pleased to announce that it is continuing to support its Bursary-funded PlusOne scheme WiT25: Empowering Innovation: Women Shaping the Future of Technology.
With the growing challenge of talent management coinciding with a tightening of budgets in many institutions, UCISA is continuing to support its members by enabling delegates attending the full WiT25 Conference programme to bring along an institutional colleague to WiT25.
The UCISA PlusOne Scheme will enable UCISA members who have booked to attend the conference by the early bird deadline to refer an institutional colleague by completing this PlusOne nomination form.
Delegates can nominate a colleague from their institution for a PlusOne Bursary funded place regardless of whether they have attended previous UCISA conferences.
Previous recipients of the PlusOne scheme have said:
“The UCISA Women in Tech 2024 conference was an enriching and motivating experience. It reinforced the importance of creating spaces where women can share their experiences and insights.”
and
“Attending WIT24 emphasised for me just how many roles do fit under the banner of ‘women in tech.... it was also refreshing to be in a room full of professional women who were all open to learning and communicating.”
A limited number of places are available for this bursary funding, which is intended to support colleagues who will benefit from the experience of attending WiT25, but whose institution would not have the budget for them to do so.
As part of UCISA’s commitment to inclusion, we welcome referrals from colleagues from under-represented backgrounds. Preference will be given to those who have not attended a UCISA conference before, but delegates can nominate anyone from their institution.
Before referring a colleague, please ensure that you discuss referral with them first and make them aware that to be eligible, they will be required to share their findings from the conference with their institutional colleagues’ post-event, as well as disseminate their experience in a format of their choice that may be published on the UCISA website and/or social media channels.
Referees must have booked their place for the full WiT25 Conference by the early bird deadline of 11th April 2025, and in the PlusOne nomination form, explain the reasons why their nominated colleague deserves a bursary-funded place at WiT25.
Successful nominees will be contacted by the UCISA Events team regarding booking their full place at WiT25.
