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Women Like Me wins Outstanding Programme of the Year at Bristol Women in Business Awards

UWE Bristol is proud to share that the Women Like Me mentoring programme, based in the School of Engineering, has been named Outstanding Programme of the Year at the inaugural Bristol Women in Business Awards 2026. Originally created in 2018 by Laura Fogg Rogers and Laura Hobbs, the programme supports women entering engineering through mentoring, … Continue reading “Women Like Me wins Outstanding Programme of the Year at Bristol Women in Business Awards”

Join the Women Like Me Mentoring Programme

The 2025 – 26 Women Like Me mentoring programme is open for applications from mentors and mentees! Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers/property professionals in the Bristol and Bath area with their junior counterparts. Mentoring relationships are fostered through various events put on by the UWE team and their partners STEMazing. But this programme … Continue reading “Join the Women Like Me Mentoring Programme”

Women Like Me Mentoring Programme – Now Open for Second Cohort in 2024!

We are excited to announce that our Women Like Me mentoring programme is now open for recruitment for a second cohort in 2024! Thanks to additional funding from the Office for Students, we’re expanding this successful initiative, offering even more women the chance to benefit from tailored mentoring, support, and development opportunities. For the past … Continue reading “Women Like Me Mentoring Programme – Now Open for Second Cohort in 2024!”

Join the 2024 Women Like Me Mentoring Programme!

We’re thrilled to announce that recruitment is now open for the 2024 round of the Women Like Me Mentoring Programme in the West of England area. As well as our cohort open to all women engineers or property professionals, we now have funding from the Office for Students for a specific cohort focussed on degree … Continue reading “Join the 2024 Women Like Me Mentoring Programme!”

Female engineering students and mentors can register now for Women Like Me career coaching events

UWE’s School of Engineering is celebrating 5 years of running the Women Like Me scheme in the West of England. Since 2018, we have supported over 250 women from tens of local businesses to develop their careers in engineering. The programme pairs mid-career women engineers with junior women engineers in the Bristol and Bath area … Continue reading “Female engineering students and mentors can register now for Women Like Me career coaching events”

Exploring our work-life balance: Women Like Me

The latest group of women to join UWE Bristol’s engineering mentoring programme, Women Like Me, took part in an online re-balancing workshop on May 11th, delivered by Developmental Coach, Joyce Birnie. The workshop Designed as a guided, self-coaching workshop, the session encouraged self-reflection and supported participants to explore some key questions about their own work-life … Continue reading “Exploring our work-life balance: Women Like Me”

New round of peer mentoring and outreach project, Women Like Me, for 2022

Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. How does it work? Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers with junior women engineers to undertake mentoring and engineering education outreach in the Bristol and Bath area. Engineering is a creative, socially conscious, and collaborative discipline, and … Continue reading “New round of peer mentoring and outreach project, Women Like Me, for 2022”

Women Like Me engineers inspire Bristol primary school students

Based in the Science Communication Unit and Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol and organised by Dr Laura Hobbs and Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. It is supported by the initiative for Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI). Engineers on our Women Like Me … Continue reading “Women Like Me engineers inspire Bristol primary school students”

Women Like Me supports another 30 women in engineering

Based in the Science Communication Unit and Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol and organised by Dr Laura Hobbs and Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. It is supported by the initiative for Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation … Continue reading “Women Like Me supports another 30 women in engineering”

Women Like Me relaunches for 2020-21

Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. The project was first launched in 2018 and is based in the Science Communication Unit and Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol. The project is organised by Dr Laura Hobbs and Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, and … Continue reading “Women Like Me relaunches for 2020-21”