New infocus women in innovation photography exhibition opens
An Amelia Troubridge photography exhibition to inspire female innovators and challenge perceptions opens at Getty Images Gallery, London.
皇冠体育app launch of the Amelia Troubridge photography exhibition at Getty Images Gallery, London.
Innovate UK has joined up with Getty images and UK photographer, Amelia Troubridge, to host a new photography exhibition.
皇冠体育app infocus women in innovation exhibition challenges the perception of what it looks like to be a female innovator in 2017. 皇冠体育app exhibition is part of Innovate UK鈥檚 infocus campaign aimed at increasing the low number of women entrepreneurs applying for funding.
Research shows that:
- gender diverse companies are 15% more likely to deliver better financial returns
- Getty Images online searches for 鈥榝emale business executive鈥� have increased 350% and 鈥榝emale entrepreneur鈥� by 66% over the past 2 years
- the proportion of UK women in entrepreneurial activity is around half the level of men
- only 14% of all people working in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) are women
Entrepreneur Jenna Bowen, founder of Cotton Mouton Diagnostics, in front of her photograph.
皇冠体育app exhibition profiles 12 of the winners of the women in innovation awards, Innovate UK鈥檚 funding competition open only to women. 皇冠体育appir innovations range from the optimisation of cancer treatment and the creation of sustainable alternatives to animal products to air-pollution and waste solutions.
皇冠体育app exhibition also celebrates the differences and diversity among this group of female innovators 鈥� such as background, age, education, location and approach.
皇冠体育app exhibition is free and open to the public at the until 29 July 2017.
Dr Ruth McKernan, Innovate UK Chief Executive, commented:
Research shows that harnessing the skills of female entrepreneurs would significantly enhance UK economic growth and improve the breadth of management teams.
One barrier identified from our own analysis is the relative lack of female role models. What better way to address this than to partner with Getty Images, the world鈥檚 leading image database and Amelia Troubridge, the world-renowned photographer, to showcase some amazing women?
Dr Ruth McKernan, Innovate UK chief executive, at the launch of the Amelia Troubridge exhibition.
About infocus
Innovate UK launched the infocus programme in 2016. Its aims are to:
- get more women innovating in business
- give female entrepreneurs the support they need to grow their businesses
- create new role models for the next generation