Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, Associate Professor for Engineering in Society at UWE Bristol, has been awarded the prestigious Nurturing New Talent Award at the 2025 WISE Awards, held at IET London: Savoy Place.
The ceremony, attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, celebrated individuals and organisations making significant strides towards gender equity in STEM.
Championing Women in STEM
Dr Fogg-Rogers leads the Women Like Me/Women In Industry programme at UWE Bristol which is designed to empower women in STEM by fostering mentorship and cross-sector collaboration. Her efforts have transformed support structures for over 400 women, guiding them through pivotal stages of their careers. Notably, in just one year, her work contributed to increasing female enrolment in UWE Bristol’s degree apprenticeships from 20% to 37%.
A Leader in Inclusive, Sustainable, Engineering Education
Beyond mentorship, Dr Fogg-Rogers also leads UWE Bristol’s Inspire Sustainability outreach and community engagement programme. Where her Science Communication Unit team (Sarah Behenna, Louisa Cockbill, Kat Corbett and Joshua Warren) use curriculum-linked engineering and sustainability outreach and careers support, to connect children to real-life, diverse engineering role models to widen participation and aspirations for STEM and green careers.
Laura’s research and teaching focuses on community energy, climate action, and engaging under-served audiences in sustainable development. Reflecting this commitment, she was recently shortlisted for the Teaching for Sustainable Development Award at UWE’s Student Experience Awards. This award recognises staff who embed sustainability into learning and teaching, promote interdisciplinary thinking, and empower students to develop the knowledge, skills and values needed to support a more sustainable future.
Further recognition for Women in Industry team
UWE Bristol’s Women in Industry programme has also been shortlisted for the Training Provider Skills Champion category at the upcoming Enginuity Skills Awards 2025. This national award recognises outstanding commitment to learning and skills development that supports sustainable engineering and manufacturing growth through partnerships between providers and employers. Winners will be announced on the 3rd July!