Supporting women and girls in engineering Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project for women in engineering, based at the University of the West of England (UWE), supported by the WISE Bristol Hub and STEM Ambassador Hub West England and funded by a Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious grant. Women Like Me … Continue reading “Join us for the Women Like Me launch!”
Only 11% of engineers in the UK are women. Is this enough? No, it’s really not – we have an engineering skills shortage as it is, and the low proportion of women in the workforce means that a whole pool of talent is going untapped. Girls need to be able to see engineering as for … Continue reading “Women Like Me – a new engineering outreach project at UWE Bristol”
UWE’s Women Like Me project, run by Dr Laura Fogg Rogers and Dr Laura Hobbs, was featured in a presentation about making Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths accessible to under-represented groups at the Association for Science Education Annual Conference today. Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project aimed at boosting female representation … Continue reading “Women Like presented at Association for Science Education conference”
By Nicolle Hanselmann I was lucky to be accepted into the School of Engineering’s summer internship programme. While everyone knows students are often broke (yes, money does help), my motivation came from somewhere deeper. A little background before I dive into my experience. I’m a mature student studying Mechatronics, about to begin my third year … Continue reading “Internship Reflection: Finding Purpose Beyond the Pay | CATE’s internship scheme”
UWE Bristol has been named Training Provider Skills Champion of the Year at the Enginuity Skills Awards for its commitment to driving inclusive growth in the engineering industry and closing the skills gap in the West of England. The awards recognise individuals and organisations who are supporting the next generation of engineering professionals and fostering a culture … Continue reading “UWE Bristol named training provider of the year for closing engineering skills gap”
A programme designed to inspire a future generation to take up roles in green engineering has been completed, with more than 20,000 local school children benefitting. Using curriculum-linked engineering outreach and careers support, the DETI Inspire programme connected primary and secondary school pupils with real-life, diverse engineering role models to widen aspirations for green STEM … Continue reading “Programme to inspire next generation of engineers reaches more than 20,000 pupils”
‘Women Like Me’ is a peer mentoring and outreach project in the Bristol and Bath area aimed at boosting female representation at all levels in engineering. Senior women engineers are paired with junior women engineers and their mentoring journeys supported through various events. At the same time training and opportunities are provided for junior engineers … Continue reading “Women in Engineering Mentoring & Outreach Programme – get involved now!”
This event forms part of our celebrations for Women’s History Month, and will explore the historical and future role of women in shaping our cities. This March 24th, the DETI Inspire team at UWE Bristol’s School of Engineering will be hosting a live event to celebrate Women’s History Month – Empowering Women in Engineering. Joining … Continue reading “Upcoming Event: Empowering Women in Engineering”
The Department of Engineering Design & Mathematics (EDM) at UWE Bristol have signed up to the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Ten Steps. As only 24% of the core-STEM workforce in the UK, women are the largest pool of under-represented talent in the country’s STEM-based industries. To tackle this, WISE developed the Ten Steps … Continue reading “EDM becomes a WISE Ten Steps Signatory”
We’d like to thank This is Engineering for use of images from their public image library that aims to better represent what engineers and engineering really look like. The feature image for this blog of a young woman using a VR headset is copyright of the Institution of Engineering and Technology & Callum Wood Ford. … Continue reading “EDM department joins Bristol Technology Festival online for 2020”
