Event Information
- Free events
- Women's Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with Cardiff University and Cardiff Students’ Union at a relaxed, feel-good lunchtime event full of inspiring stories, good vibes and free lunch 👀✨
Pop into Y Plas anytime between 12:00–14:30 to check out stalls from across the Uni, the SU and local organisations.🤩
Our lightning talks start at 13:00, where you’ll hear honest, inspiring reflections from some incredible women. Did we mention lunch is provided? 🥪💛
Sign up for free here! 💗
Meet the speakers:
Bethany Handley – award-winning writer, poet and disability activist. Named one of the UK’s ten most influential disabled people in politics, law, and media by the Shaw Trust 2024, she campaigns for access to nature. Her work has been featured by BBC One, BBC Radio 4, Country Living, The Guardian, the Forward Book of Poetry 2026, and more. Bethany is an alumni of Cardiff University, and one of our 30(ish) winners.🎉
Professor Meena Upadhyaya OBE – Professor Emerita at Cardiff University, Honorary Professor at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and a visiting Professor at the Gangaram Medical School in Delhi. She is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. As the founder and Chair of the Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement Association and the Ethnic Minority Women in Welsh Healthcare, she has been a leading advocate for highlighting and advancing the contributions of ethnic minority women in Wales.🎓
Maria Pollard – current Students’ Union President at Cardiff. She graduated in the summer of 2025 with an undergraduate degree in Politics. During her degree she was the chair of Student Senate and President of the Comedy Society. She was previously SU President at Gower College Swansea, a Union Organiser and a Youth Worker. In her spare time she loves to cook and does freelance comedy writing for BBC Radio Wales.🫶
Bring your friends, course mates or housemates along — or come solo and meet new people. Everyone’s welcome 💫