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The Woman Engineer commemorates the 90th Anniversary of WES
The latest issue of the Woman Engineer, which members will soon receive, is a special issue to commemorate WES' 90th anniversary.
The issue considers the past, present and future of WES. Starting with the future - WES president Jan Peters and UKRC director Annette Williams look at the future for WES and for women's employment in SET.
WES members' experiences today are explored by the stories of four members at different stages on the career ladder. Gwena Blesing has made a successful start to her career in civil engineering. Karen Quigley explains the compromises necessary to combine career progression with raising a young family. Deb Grubbe has truly broken the glass ceiling by achieving top executive roles in international companies. Finally Jackie Carpenter has left the corporate hurly-burly to pursue her dream of living a sustainable existence.
We also look at our own experiences of how our lives in recent years have been transformed by technological change.
The scouring of the WES archives over the past 90 years has produced some 'gems'. Following on from snippets from the first issue of the Woman Engineer, we have articles from the years 1929 - 1969 showing how attitudes towards women engineers have changed these decades. A highlight is an article that appeared in 1949 by Marjorie Bell which describes her experiences as a factory inspector in war-torn Palestine.
This special issue also launches the redesign of the Woman Engineer to reflect the relaunch of the Women's Engineering Society as a vibrant, forward-looking organisation.
Look out for this issue that will be popping through your door soon together with information on the WES conference and other exciting 90th birthday events.
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Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FREng FRS elected as fellow to the Royal Society.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FREng FRS, Professor of Computer Science, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton has been elected as a fellow to the Royal Society. She is distinguished for her contributions to understanding the interactions of humans with large scale multimedia information systems. Her early ideas which developed in parallel with development of the world wide web, www, are now forming key elements of subsequent development into the Semantic Web. Her most recent work focuses on the development of a new field of Web Science focussed on understanding and exploring the various influences, science, commerce, public politics which drive the evolution of the www. Her research is aimed at both understanding the evolution of the web and engineering its future. |
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If you have any articles you would like to have featured please contact the WES office by clicking here. We'd love to hear your stories of your schools outreach activities or ideas to inpsire young people that we can share across our community.
Don't forget to forward on our e-newsletter to your friends and contacts, male and female and help to inpsire more young women to consider engineering and technology as a career.
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
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THE POWER OF CHANGE
Inspiring the next 90 years
Surrey University, Guildford
11-13th September 2009
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One third of engineers think women underperform in engineering jobs
A third of engineers believe women don't perform as well as men in engineering jobs, an industry body has said.
According to research from the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, only 18% of the current engineering workforce is female. The study also found that 33% of engineers believe women don't perform as well as men in "all fields and at all seniorities", according to the centre.
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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills have recently launced a consultation on science and society in the UK for more info
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Dates For Your Diary
16-18 June - National Electronics Week, Earls Court
24 June - W-Tech event 2009 a free recruitment, career development and networking event for women interested in IT
30 June - 4 July - The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2009
10 September - WES panel and networking event, British Science Festival, Guildford
11-12 September - WES Annual Conference, Guildford
14-15 November - Doris Gray Student Congress, Edinburgh |
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W-Tech is brought to you through a partnership between BCS and womenintechnology.co.uk in their common goal of building a profession that is good for women and better for all.
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