Greetings!
Welcome to this months newsletter. Summer is almost over and there is much to look forward to in the coming months. The WES AGM is on September 18th at Aston University, all are welcome. Come and see what is happening and what goes on and maybe be inspired to get involved with running the society. The AGM is followed by My Sparkling Career, where you can hear women engineers talk and share their experiences.
If you have any stories and events that you would like to tell us about, please contact the WES office. Finally don't forget you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. |
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Central Cluster Lunch at the Larder
Ariadne Tampion reports on the Central Cluster Lunch.
The WES Central Region has a dynamic and determined new Cluster Contact, Vicki Cripps. Despite the last few months being the slothful summer period, she managed to commit four cluster members to joining her for lunch in Nottingham on the first Saturday in September.
We met at the Larder on Goose Gate: a light, airy first floor restaurant in the building where Boots the Chemist first traded. There, we were soon tucking into the excellent locally sourced food for which The Larder is renowened.
Conversation inevitably covered the trials and tribulations of being a woman engineer. Whilst nobody can really 'have it all', it seems there are too many arbitary rules and spurious barriers which prevent a woman giving her full talents to engineering unless, like my character Andrea Kapell, she is childless and married to a robot.
One member summed up the mood of the day by saying how nice it was to be in company where she was seen as normal! We also generated plenty of ideas for future gatherings and hope to see more Central Cluster members at them.
(Ariadne is the Author of Automatic Lover)
If your Cluster is holding events and you like to tell us about them please contact the WES Office. We also have several vacancies for Cluster Contacts if you are interested please get in touch.
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Isobel Hardwich
Does anyone have any memories of Isobel Hardwich?
We would like to hear from anyone who has personal or other memories of her. If you do, please contact the WES Office. | |
Return to STEM course in Sheffield for Women Returners A new course for women wishing to return to a
career in Science, Technology, Engineering,
Maths or Built Environment October to December
2010, Sheffield Hallam University The Women in SET Team at Sheffield Hallam University have a strong track record of supporting women returners and have developed a new course to help you get back into a STEM career. With three days of face-to-face delivery between October and December 2010, the course aims to bring you back up to date and help you make that next move. The course will have a focus on sustainability and the environment and will include: tailored support from qualified tutors, skills development to meet your needs, an arranged work placement to complement and extend your experience, an introduction to new thinking in your area of work, opportunities for progression and mentoring support.
Who is the course for?
Ideally we are looking to recruit women with a background in a STEM or built environment-related career and who have studied or have experience at HNC/HND level as a minimum. If you feel you might meet our criteria but are not sure, please get in touch.
Dates
Thursday 21 October, Tuesday 9 November and Monday 13 December 2010
Timing
10-3
Venue
City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University, S1 1WB Course content
* Skills audits and Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) planning
* Sector knowledge research and potential employer search
* Skills and knowledge updates (tailored to the needs of the group)
* Identifying and preparing for appropriate work experience
* Reflecting on work experience placement
* Mentoring support from successful returners
Costs and bursaries
The course costs £400, however The UKRC is offering ten bursaries to the value of £250 to contribute towards course costs . Please contact us for more details about eligibility and availability of bursaries.
For more information or to book your place Call 0114 225 2878 or email Denise Eaton | |
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Four of Top Ten Graduate Salaries Are in Engineering Subjects
Figures recently released by HESA and republished in last week's Times reveal that four out of the top graduate salaries are in engineering subjects. Second only to Dentistry and Medicine, Chemical Engineering graduates come in third with an average starting salary of £28,415. This is closely followed by Economics, with General Engineering coming in fifth with an average graduate starting salary of £25,455.
Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering also offer excellent salaries, coming in ninth and tenth on the list of most highly paid jobs at £24,473 and £24,446 respectively.
Paul Jackson, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK, said: "We've always known that careers in engineering were creative and inspiring. These latest results from HESA also reveal they are financially rewarding. The next step is to ensure that young people and their influencers are informed and aware of all these benefits." Paul Jackson, Chief Executive, EngineeringUK
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University's First Female Head of Engineering
A UNIVERSITY has appointed its first female director of engineering.Professor Karen Holford was research institute leader and deputy director for staff at Cardiff University's School of Engineering before taking up the post.The faculty is one of the foremost in the UK, with around 1,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students and more than 250 staff.Prof Holford is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.She is the first female director of the School of Engineering and has won a number of awards for her work in promoting engineering as a career to young womenRead more | |
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And finally....
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.
With good wishes
the e-News team. | |
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WES Annual Conference 2010 | |
WES Annual Conference 19th-20th November 2010
WES Doris Gray Student Conference 20th-21st November 2010
Both conferences are being held in Sheffield this year. We are overlapping the two events in order to give both student and qualified engineers an opportunity to network and learn from each other.
Registration is now open
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| WES Annual General Meeting | |
The WES AGM will be held at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday 18th September 2010 at Aston University, Birmingham. All members of WES and guests who are not members of WES are welcome. This is an ideal opportunity to find out about our achievements during the 90th anniversary and what WES projects are being undertaken in the next twelve months. |
| My Sparkling Career
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Whether your heroine is Alice, Tinkerbell (Disney 2008) - the engineer who lit up fairyland - or Computer Engineer Barbie and whether you think pink stinks we all like things that sparkle. Engineers and scientists especially. It might be a shiny new engine, a stunning building or a piece of perfect semiconductor crystal fresh from production. We'd like to introduce you to some new heroines to hear them talk about their sparkling careers. Practical and creative with one thing in common. Women who want to make a difference and make the world a better place.
When: 11:30 to 13:00 Saturday 18th September 2010, directly after the WES AGM
Where: British Science Festival, Aston University
How to book: book on line at the British Science Festival
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Famous Female Scientists are Unknown by UK Public
The Royal Society commissioned a survey that found that two-thirds of the British public were unable to name a famous female scientist. Whereas at least half were able to name a famous male scientist.
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Grab your future by the horns An invitation to join Eve-olution CEO Tracey Carr
Behind every great performance there is a leader who had a dream and then produced a step by step process for getting there. Take control of your future now by taking part in these live webinars run by Tracey Carr, founder of www.eve-olution and www.genderiq.tv Grab Your Future by the Horns Live WebinarsHow do you manage multiple priorities? How do you keep the plates spinning - career, kids, intimate relationship, health and fitness, family and friends, long term goals, finances, emotional and spiritual development? If you are exhausted just thinking about it then we might just have the answer for you! Using the right strategies and techniques is vital. If you do this you can also reach your long term goals and dreams. Just half an hour a day to work towards something that your heart truly desires can be the difference between feelings of overwhelm and feelings of accomplishment and contentment. Feeling content will impact all of your relationships and your long term success. These unique, live, video web based seminars can be taken at your desk absolutely free of charge, and in just 90 minutes you will learn the strategies that have worked for 1,000's of successful leaders. Get your free place now by going here and registering for your preferred date
September 29th 12.30 GMT
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Locations: Telepresence and Webex will be included in the invite that is sent out to you when you register.
We hope you will take the opportunity to join us and take some practical steps to grab your future by the horns in FY11!
Look forward to seeing you there!
Tracey Carr
Eve-olution
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Mentors required by MentorSET
Lots of mentors required this month by MentorSET:
A mentor for a Geotechnical engineer in the North West
Civil engineers in Scotland, South Yorkshire and the South West
Environmental engineers in London, Yorkshire and South East
Systems engineering - Leicestershire
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