{"id":7535,"date":"2022-01-14T13:47:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:21:42","slug":"new-round-of-peer-mentoring-and-outreach-project-women-like-me-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/new-round-of-peer-mentoring-and-outreach-project-women-like-me-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New round of peer mentoring and outreach project, Women Like Me, for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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How does it work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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 this project aims to support girls and women to make a difference in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Only 12% of engineers in the UK are women. In order to support female engineers, more girls need to connect with engineering as a career, with positive female role models, and more women need to be supported to make a difference in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Like Me is addressing this by pairing together women engineers to provide career and public engagement mentoring. Participating engineers deliver engineering engagement activities in local schools and at local public events, providing positive role models for young girls. Through this approach, the project will lead to impact both in the workplace today, and for the future of the engineering profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who can take part?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mid-career and early career female engineers working in the Bristol and Bath area can get involved in the project. Senior women engineers are those who have been working in engineering for at least five years. Junior women engineers are those with less experience than this, and can include apprentices, trainees, undergraduate and postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will it involve?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We will offer networking opportunities to all participants at the start (spring 2022) and end (winter 2022) of the project. We have an online training session planned for February, followed by an in-person networking event in March which will take place at UWE Bristol’s School of Engineering<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior engineers will receive support in mentoring and should meet with their junior engineer mentee at least twice during the project. This can take any form that best suits each pair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior engineers will receive mentoring support from senior engineers and training in public engagement. They will then undertake at least three engineering outreach activities with local schools and public events. Coordination of activity is provided and supported by UWE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming outreach activities include STEM workshops for schools <\/a>and community groups, opportunities to get involved with regional competitions and celebration days such as the ‘If you were an engineer what would you do?’<\/a> competition by Primary Engineer, The Lego League, and the Great Science Share for Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n