{"id":675,"date":"2025-03-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/?p=675"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:00:00","slug":"international-womens-day-spotlight-on-rachael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/2025\/03\/07\/international-womens-day-spotlight-on-rachael\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day: Spotlight on Rachael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"> The University is celebrating the amazing women in our community for International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of our many fabulous female members of staff is Rachael, who has worked in our Hospitality team for seven years. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We had a quick chat with Rachael to find out more about her...<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Can you tell us about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-676 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael standing by the coffee machine in lime tree.\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-1332x1536.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-186x215.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree.jpg 1451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>your role at the University?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019m a food and beverage assistant at the lime tree on campus. I began working here seven years ago. My role involves keeping the counters running, serving customers and some supervisory duties.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What do you enjoy most about your work?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The customers are my favourite part of my job, and my other colleagues that I work with on a daily basis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What do you enjoy doing outside of work?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I'm a mum of four and a grandmother, so family time is very important. But mainly, I like to go on holiday! I'm also a fully qualified florist, which I still do from home now and again for weddings, funerals and birthdays. I also run wreath-making workshops coming up to Christmas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Can you name a woman who inspires you and why?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-678 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael serving pasta bakes in lime tree.\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-879x1024.jpg 879w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-768x895.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-1318x1536.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3-184x215.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-3.jpg 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a>I would say my daughter inspires me. I know it sounds really weird, but she's just battled so much, and to come out the other side as the wonderful person she is, it just amazes me.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What advice would you give to other women in the University community?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Be yourself, be strong, and just follow your dreams. You literally can do anything you want to do. Take advantage of the positive presence and impact that the strong community of women working at the University provides. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is celebrating the amazing women in our community for International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March.\u00a0 One of our many fabulous female members of staff is Rachael, who has worked in our Hospitality team for seven years. \u00a0 We...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":955,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bars-and-eateries","category-food-and-drink"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2025\/03\/Rachael-in-lime-tree-2-e1741341499880.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/campus-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}