On 14th May, Lecturer in Engineering Management Dr Udonna Okeke and Research Fellow and Women Like Me coordinator Dr Laura Hobbs attended the WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) conference in London. Hosted at the IET, the 2019 conference offered delegates a range of keynote speakers, plenary and panel sessions and breakout workshops. Highlights included … Continue reading “EDM staff attend WISE conference”
The Leaders Awards are celebrating British Science Week 2019 by holding an Engineering Extravaganza in which they will hold two ‘Meet an Engineer’ interviews engineers every school day, starting from 8th March. During British Science Week 2019 there will be two Live Online Engineer Events each day, available to all schools registered for the Scottish Engineering, … Continue reading “Leaders Award online Engineering Extravaganza for British Science Week 2019”
Are you a female academic professional with children, working at UWE Bristol? Second year Business and Human Resource Management students (supervised by Dr Vanda Papafilippou, chair of our Women Like Me partner the WISE Bristol Hub) are conducting research into the impact of motherhood on career progression as part of their assessment coursework for the … Continue reading “Calling mothers in academia at UWE Bristol”
Our team of engineers, including our Women Like Me engineer Katy, are busy building one of the winning designs from last year’s Leaders Award. Designed by Philippa Griffiths of Hugh Sexey CE Middle School in Somerset, the Red Line Braking System (RLBS) displays red lights to alert other drivers of the severity of the braking … Continue reading “Leaders Award prototype team ready to visit designer’s school”
The Royal Academy of Engineering (funders of our Curiosity Connections – Women Like Me project) are to host their third Frontiers of Development symposium, Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th March 2019 at the Wellcome Genome Campus, outside of Cambridge, UK. Ensuring good health and well-being, providing quality education and advocating for gender eqality are a … Continue reading “Apply now for Royal Academy of Engineering Symposium: Inclusivity and Wellbeing in the First 2000 Days of Life”
Apprenticeship Levy limitations and technical teacher shortages threaten economic growth, according to a report led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, which is currently funding our Curiosity Connections – Women Like Me project. Engineering Skills for the Future – the 2013 Perkins review revisited was published on 30th January 2019 and produced by Education for Engineering. It reports numerous barriers to addressing the annual shortfall of … Continue reading ““The UK education system cannot produce enough engineers to support the economy””
Our Curiosity Connections Conference took place at UWE Bristol on Saturday 2nd February 2019. We’ve already updated on our Women Like Me engineering outreach surgery that was embedded into the day; now you can find out how the rest of the packed event went in this conference report by Curiosity’s Project Coordinator Louisa Cockbill and Project Lead Laura Fogg-Rogers (originally posted by Louisa on … Continue reading “Connected by Curiosity”
Our Curiosity Connections Conference, bringing together teachers and science communicators to discuss and progress the future of primary STEM, took place today and the packed expo featured two of the student engineers building a prototype of one of the winning designs from last year’s Leaders Award competition. UWE Bristol student engineers Miriam Cristofoletti (Bristol Robotics … Continue reading “UWE student engineers promote Leaders Award at Curiosity Connections 2019”
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S – Ministry of Defence), are supporting the Leaders Award, run by Primary Engineer, alongside UWE Bristol and Women Like Me. After hosting school students from across Bristol at their Abbey Wood site last Friday, DE&S released a great video showcasing their (and our) support for the Leaders Award, which asks … Continue reading “DE&S releases video showcasing Leaders Award support”
Our Women Like Me partner WISE has launched a new digital platform today, aimed at engaging 11-19 year old girls. My Skills My Life shows girls that science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) opens doors to a huge variety of exciting and purposeful jobs and careers in every sector. Over 1,000 girls from across the … Continue reading “WISE launches new digital platform for 11-19 year old girls”
