<p>Anne Wilson is currently (but not for much longer) Head of Careers at Warwick University. We have a shared passion for Gender Equality and amongst other things, Anne has spent her own career furthering the advancement of women by helping them overcome the barriers to success.</p> <p>So we have much in common! </p> <p>Her experience in this area is vast. From the late eighties, when she ran a survey in the local paper aimed at understanding what would encourage women returners (spoiler alert *no different to today!) to the programme she managed at Warwick, to help prepare female undergraduates for the work place.</p> <p>There are many insights and stacks of wisdom in this conversation but three key takeouts </p> <p>1. Not much has really changed for women in the last 40 years.</p> <p>2. The challenges for women, internal and external start way before entering the work place</p> <p>3. It&#39;s no good fixing the system without supporting women to better navigate it and vice versa you have to do both! </p> <p>And if you ever wondered why gilders were all men, apparently it&#39;s because women &#39;lose the knack&#39; after they&#39;ve had children! </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>