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The Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition was an annual event organised by the UKRC between 2006 and 2012, when it was subsumed into the WISE Campaign awards. It comprised creative photographs of outstanding women within science, engineering and technology (SET). Between four and seven women were chosen each year to be photographed by Robert Taylor. Nominations occurred in the Autumn of each year and the recipients were announced at a ceremony in March of the following year.
Many of the portraits are on permanent loan to institutions such as the University of Oxford and The Royal Society;those of Joanna Kennedy, Julia King and Wendy Hall were hung in the Royal Academy of Engineering. The portrait of Nancy Rothwell was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery.


== Award Recipients ==
Recipients were (with job titles at the time):
2012

Maggie Philbin, BBC Journalist and CEO TeenTech
Belinda Swain, Chief Airworthiness Engineer at Rolls-Royce
Angela Brady, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and founder of Women in Architecture
Fiona Marshall, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Heptares Therapeutics Ltd
2011

Dame Ann Dowling, Head of Engineering department at the University of Cambridge
Dame Athene Donald, Professor at the University of Cambridge
Cary Marsh, CEO & Founder of Mydeo.com and founding member of the Everywoman Modern Muse campaign
Dervilla Mitchell, Senior Engineer at Arup
Eileen Ingham, Head of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering at the University of Leeds
Kate Bellingham, Broadcaster, Maths teacher, President of Young Engineers and a National STEM Careers Coordinator
Dr Phebe Mann, Senior Lecturer and the first woman to hold five professional engineering qualifications in the UK
2010

Helen Atkinson, Professor of Engineering and Head of Mechanics of Materials Research Group, University of Leicester
Sarah Baillie, Inventor and creator of the Haptic Cow and Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College
Amanda Fisher, Director of the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre at Hammersmith Hospital and Professor and Head of Division of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College, London
Julia Higgins, Former Principal of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London
Jackie Hunter, Senior Vice President and Head of Science Environment Development, GlaxoSmithKline
Helen Mason, Astrophysicist and Senior Tutor at St Edmund's College, Cambridge and lead on the Sun|Trek Project
2009

Ann Budge, Founder and Former Chief Executive of the Sopra Group
Carolin Crawford, Senior Outreach Officer at the Institute of Astronomy at University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College
Lynne Frostick, Professor of Geography at the University of Hull
Dr Jenny Gristock, Research Fellow at SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy
Barbara Jones, Founder and Director of amazonails
Linda Partridge, Weldon Professor of Biometry and Director of the University College London Institute of Healthy Ageing
2008

Dame Kay Davies, Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy and Director of the MRC Functional Genetics Unit at the University of Oxford
Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at UCL and Research Foundation Professor at Aarhus University
Dame Nancy Rothwell, MRC Research Professor, Deputy President and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Manchester
Wendy Sadler, Director of Science Made Simple Ltd and works in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University
Joanna Kennedy, Director of Ove Arup and Partners
Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland within the Scottish Government
2007

Carol Robinson, Professor in the department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
Frances Ashcroft, Professor in the department of physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford
Dr Averil Macdonald, Physics Department at the University of Reading
Dr Sima Adhya, Technical Product Manager at QAT, QinetiQ
Julia King, Professor and Vice Chancellor at Aston University
Ijeoma Uchegbu, Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of London
2006

Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astrophysicist and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford
Kathy Sykes, Professor, Holds the Collier Chair in Public Engagement of Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol
Dr Maggie Aderin, Managing Director of Science Innovation Ltd and Senior Project Manager at Space Science at Sira Ltd
Julia Goodfellow, Professor, Chief Executive Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Rebecca George, Director at IBM


== References ==


== External links ==
WISE - successor to UKRC