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Local businesswomen empowered by Shakespeare at Midsummer's day workshop

Friday 23 June 2006

“Be not afraid of greatness” was the message given to local businesswomen at a Midsummer’s day training workshop run by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the University of East London (UEL) Docklands campus on Thursday 22 June.

The Personal Effectiveness workshop was organised as part of UEL’s successful EMPOWER project - run by members of the university's Business School to provide outreach and business advice services to women from ethnic minority communities.

Eleven women attended the event, in which Mary Johnson of the Royal Shakespeare Company led interactive role-pay activities focusing on self-esteem, personal impact, body language and presentation skills. The budding entrepreneurs then had the chance to discuss their business ideas with Hipolina Joseph and Barbra Wallace of UEL Business School.

Rugina Morran, Co-ordinator of the EMPOWER project, said: “It’s been an excellent day; everyone found it very useful in terms of self-development and building self-esteem, and we’ve all had a lot of fun too - it’s not every day you get to rehearse a Shakespeare play in the company of a professional actor."

For further information about UEL’s EMPOWER project, contact Rugina Morran on 020 8223 2289 or e-mail r.monnan@uel.ac.uk.

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For details and pictures contact Patrick Wilson: 020 8223 2061 or 07951 797 975

Notes to Editors

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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