International Womens Day 2025
The theme for International Women’s Day 2025 was #AccelerateAction, focusing on what we can do to accelerate the journey to gender parity. On the week commencing 3rd March 2025, Long Road began a week-long celebration of International Women's Day. With numerous ways to get involved, it was an action-packed week in which students were introduced to new opportunities, and both became inspired and inspired others. Students who participated in the events were entered into a raffle to win a hamper which was announced at the beginning of the following week. Here’s a rundown of the week’s events:
Starting Monday: IWD Treasure Hunt
We had a cross-college interactive treasure hunt throughout the week starting on Monday. Each day had a theme linked to other events running throughout the college, and every day students completed the treasure hunt they would add an entry into the raffle.
Tuesday: IWD Careers Event
This event was organised by our Youth Social Action Apprentice Charlotte, and what an event it was! A number of companies came in to speak with students, and over 400 conversations took place between students and the various organisations. This event was open to all students, but with a focus on supporting women in and out of the workplace and gender equality. Some of the companies that came along include:
- Turtle Dove (youth support with a focus on getting young women into work)
- Hays (recruitment)
- Give & Tea (tea manufacturer supporting communities in East Africa)
- Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre (charity supporting victims of sexual abuse and violence)
- Cambridge GaN Devices (green energy manufacturer)
- Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service (firefighters)
- Bidwells (real estate)
Wednesday: Women in Gaming
Wednesday saw students participate in a gaming competition in which they were challenged to complete a puzzle room in Portal in the fastest time possible. Why Portal? Because this game was developed by Kim Swift, the influential developer behind popular games such as Left 4 Dead and Star Wars Battlefront II.
Friday: IWD Art Exhibition
To wrap up the week, we held an Art Exhibition in the Student Centre which featured art from 8 current Long Road students as well as famous artists. Over 100 students attended throughout the day. A massive thank you to all the students who submitted art to be displayed!
Throughout the week
On top of all this, we had some other events and information going out, including:
- IWD Authors Display (including how students can get involved in writing)
- Inspirational Women Wall (students wrote about women who inspire them)
- Famous Female Inventors Game (match the inventor to the invention)
- Information on outside events to attend
- Students and staff wore purple to celebrate!
A massive thank you to all the students who took part and got involved with the event. Congratulations to Quinne who won the raffle and took home the hamper full of goodies.
