Data shows that the number of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths has risen by 350,000 over the last ten years. Despite this, UNESCO data shows that less than 30% of all scientific researchers worldwide are women. As today is the International day of women and girls in science, we are shining a light on some of our incredible female alumni working in science. Coming up in this episode I talk to Evie (a trainee clinical scientist specialising in embryology at the NHS), Lara (A conservation Biologist) and Jess (A senior operational meteorologist at the Met Office). We chat all about what inspired them to go into the science, the ins and outs of their jobs and get advice for finding a career in this industry. You can see more of Lara's work here: IG- @lara_wildlife&nbsp; www.larawildlife.co.uk

Healthy hedonism: Fitness, wellbeing and feeling good with DOSE co-founder Shara Tochia

Welcome to 360 Degrees, the podcast from the University of Southampton that covers the full circle of student life (see what we did there?). Every week, we’ll be chatting about a different part of the student experience, such as leaving home, money, careers advice, studying online and cooking. Along the way we’ll be joined by experts, alumni, students and staff at the University to help us answer questions like ‘Is anyone actually able to cook the right amount of pasta or do we all accidentally cook more than we need?’ and ‘How on earth are you supposed to answer the biggest weakness question in an interview?’. We hope this podcast will help make your student journey that little bit easier or at least provide some background noise whilst you’re doing an assignment. Happy listening!