{"id":28,"date":"2017-11-05T15:03:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2018-04-25T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T21:22:47","slug":"about-theano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/about-theano\/","title":{"rendered":"About Theano"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/about-theano\/_5jb3620-jpg_sia_jpg_fit_to_width_medium\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?fit=480%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,297\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1354711798&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Jon Banfield Photo&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Theano offers a rich community that provides support, guidance, and professional development for female students in science, engineering, and technology at the University of Southampton.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?fit=480%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?resize=404%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/5JB3620.jpg_SIA_JPG_fit_to_width_MEDIUM.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #f5f0f0\"><strong>Theano offers a rich community that provides support, guidance and professional development for female students in science, engineering and technology at the University of Southampton.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Women in Science, Engineering and Technology group at the University of Southampton is named after \u201cTheano\u201d, a Greek mathematician who, along with her husband Pythagoras, opened the first co-educational university in 600BC. This school was based on equality between the sexes. As a mathematician she derived the rule for golden geometry.<\/p>\n<p>Theano evolved from a branch of the Women\u2019s Engineering Society (WES) which was set up and thrived in the early 1990s at the University of Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Theano works closely with the Athena project to promote the advancement of women in science, engineering and technology in higher education. Through education, mentoring support and engaged networking, Theano strives to serve all members, so they can achieve their full potential. Theano also works closely with employers and other organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Theano is a networking group which brings together women from all the different faculties and academic units at the University of Southampton. These include the faculty of Engineering and Environment, the faculty of Physical and Applied Science and the faculty of Natural and Environmental Science. Membership is free and automatic for female undergraduates, post-graduates, academics and members of staff. Everyone from the University is welcome at our meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women in Science, Engineering and Technology group at the University of Southampton is named after \u201cTheano\u201d, a Greek mathematician who, along with her husband Pythagoras, opened the first co-educational university in 600BC. This school was based on equality between<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2579,"featured_media":152,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9n7ZZ-s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/our-aims\/","url_meta":{"origin":28,"position":0},"title":"Our Aims","author":"Priyanka Singh","date":"5th November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One of Theano's goals is to help improve the leadership status of females in these selected fields. This is accomplished by inspiring them to achieve success in\u00a0the areas of engineering, science and technology\u00a0and create a positive impact in their communities. Theano's mission is to develop skills, cultivate professional and strategic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/unisoton.png?fit=664%2C216&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/unisoton.png?fit=664%2C216&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2017\/11\/unisoton.png?fit=664%2C216&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/theano\/get-in-touch\/","url_meta":{"origin":28,"position":1},"title":"Get in Touch","author":"Priyanka Singh","date":"5th November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Theano is open to all female students and academic staff within the University of Southampton. Theano welcomes men as members, attendees or speakers at events. 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