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UWE Bristol team to build winning Leaders Award design

In 2018, Year of Engineering, UWE Bristol was a partner organisation of the Primary Engineer & Secondary Engineer Leaders Awards in the South West of England, along with DE&S (the MOD’s Defence, Equipment and Support organisation). As part of the competition, school pupils met and learnt from engineering students and professionals, before answering the question: by identifying … Continue reading “UWE Bristol team to build winning Leaders Award design”

Year of Engineering celebrated at Westminster Abbey

As 2018, the Year of Engineering, draws to a close, the contribution of engineering and engineers to society was recognised yesterday (22nd November 2018) in a national celebration at Westminster Abbey. The service, led by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, marked the government’s Year of Engineering and the bicentenary of the … Continue reading “Year of Engineering celebrated at Westminster Abbey”

“Engineering is a hugely diverse profession open to all”

Our Women Like Me engineer Eleanor Davies, structural engineer at BuroHappold, gave a very successful Leaders Award ‘Meet an Engineer‘ interview for the Leaders Award on 21st November. Eleanor told us more about her experience of giving the presentation in her guest post below. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to talk to over 1300 children … Continue reading ““Engineering is a hugely diverse profession open to all””

“Working towards a world where we can all do what we are passionate about”

As we were delighted to announce last week, our Women Like Me participant Jessica Poole Mather of Rolls Royce won the WISE One to Watch Award on 15th November. In this guest post, Jess tells us more about how she got to where she is and her experiences so far as a woman in engineering. … Continue reading ““Working towards a world where we can all do what we are passionate about””

ASE Girls into Science resources and making a difference

The Association for Science Education (ASE) website offers a range of ‘girls into science‘ resources, with articles from leading women in science, primary activities, and global projects. These are a useful resource for anyone wanting to encourage girls to think about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects as relevant to them, including the engineers taking part in … Continue reading “ASE Girls into Science resources and making a difference”

Show of Strength’s story of Sarah Guppy inspires in Bristol and Monmouth

Show of Strength‘s Sarah Guppy: The Bridge, The Bed, The Truth has been showing this week in Bristol and Monmouth, opening to a full house and great reception. In the Year of Engineering and Centenary of Women’s Suffrage, the show tells the story of Sarah Guppy, an engineer, inventor, campaigner, designer, reformer, writer, environmentalist and business woman. Sarah moved … Continue reading “Show of Strength’s story of Sarah Guppy inspires in Bristol and Monmouth”

Bristol and Bath to rival global innovation leaders says new report

Our Women Like Me project features engineers from Rolls Royce and Airbus, both of which have been named as important drivers, along with several UWE Bristol facilities such as Future Space, the Health Technology hub and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, in making the Bristol and Bath city region one of the most exciting innovation clusters in the … Continue reading “Bristol and Bath to rival global innovation leaders says new report”

UWE engineers to take part in Leaders Award online interviews

Engineers from UWE Bristol’s Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics have been invited to take part in ‘Meet an Engineer‘ online interviews as part of Primary & Secondary Engineer Leaders Award, and Miriam Cristofoletti from the Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol is taking up the challenge on 7th December. The Leaders … Continue reading “UWE engineers to take part in Leaders Award online interviews”

We need more Engine-Ears

This is a guest post from Louise Hetherington, assistant structural engineer at Atkins and participant in UWE Bristol’s Women Like Me programme. Louise has been involved in developing Engine-Ears, Atkins’ first STEM video for 7-11 years olds, and tells us more about it here. Empowering young people to re-imagine STEM and change the future STEM subjects … Continue reading “We need more Engine-Ears”

Whizz Pop Bang magazine and new resources for schools

Whizz Pop Bang, “the awesome science magazine for kids” have kindly offered use of their resources in our Women Like Me activities. They’re not just a magazine; they create hands-on science lessons too. Here’s what Rachael, the Whizz Pop Bang’s head of communications, had to tell us: What is Whizz Pop Bang? Whizz Pop Bang … Continue reading “Whizz Pop Bang magazine and new resources for schools”