Greetings!
Getting there? is the 2011 WES annual conference and the call for papers is now open. If you would like to submit a paper see the article for details, Anyone who would like to exhibit or sponsor the event please contact the WES Office.
Earlier this month was International Women's Day and the Global Marathon, did you take part in any events?
We would like to hear from you if you did, contact the WES Office with your stories so we can share with and inspire our community.
The WES e-news team
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Peggy Hodges at the IET |
The Archives of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have recently finished cataloguing a series of papers originally by the late Peggy Hodges (1921-2008), a systems engineer who was President of the Women's Engineering Society from 1972-1973 and who pioneered engineering as a career for women. Her papers were transferred to the Archives in 2009, and include records from her early career and time at Girton College, Cambridge, items related to her work with WES and other organisations such as the Royal Aeronautical Society, and papers linked to her work with the GEC, where she helped develop missile guidance systems. The Archives are based at the IET's London offices in Savoy Place, and are open subject to appointment from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If anyone is interested in finding out more about the Peggy Hodges collection and other records related to WES, please contact the IET archivists . |
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BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium: Thursday 14th April 2011
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This annual one-day event is open to all undergraduate AND taught postgraduate women in computing and related disciplines across the UK, and beyond. The day comprises a poster competition for students, speakers from industry and academia, and concludes with a social event.
The event is named after Ada Lovelace, a computing pioneer and often considered to be the first programmer.
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The aims of this event are:
- To provide a forum for undergraduate women to share their ideas and network
- To provide a stimulating series of talks from women in computing, both from academia and industry
- To provide both formal (talks) and informal (networking) advice to undergraduate women about careers in computing from a female perspective
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Public Sector Equality Duties come into force early
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The comencement date has been brought forward to the the 5th April 2011.
Public bodies have duties to demonstrate that they
are taking action on aspects of equality in policy making, delivering services and employment. Under the new Equality Act, previous duties will be replaced by one new Equality Duty.
On 8 April 2010 the Equality Act received Royal Assent. The Act includes a new public sector equality duty. Parts of the Equality Act started to come into force on 1 October 2010. The equality duty will come into force on 5 April 2011 in England, Scotland and Wales.
The equality duty consists of a general equality duty, with three main aims (set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) and specific duties (set out in secondary legislation). The specific duties are designed to help public authorities meet the general equality duty. .
The duty will cover all the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
For more information on the Act and the Equality Duty click here |
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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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Getting there?
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Friday 7th October 2011
The IET, 2 Savoy place
Call for papers and expressions of interest
WES has a history of topical and relevant events to connect and inspire women working in engineering, technology and allied sciences stretching back to 1919 when we were first founded.
This year's theme is road and rail transportation. The event will feature submitted and invited papers and career development in leadership.
Expressions of interest and a call for papers is now open. Abstracts of 200 words should be submitted to the event organiser with 'Getting there', 'abstract' and the authors name in the subject line.
Abstract deadline by 1 May 2011
The event is kindly supported by the IET |
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Quick Links
WAMT's Construction Diversity Expo at Londons's Guildhall on 12th September 2011
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What is exacerbating the gender imbalance in the UK's IT workforce and what can be done to reverse it's impact?
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Making the classroom more gender inclusive. You have more power than you think according to WES member Mary Ayre and co-authors Judith Gill and Julie Mills
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Lord Davies report on women on boards.
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Strut Our Science: A Fashion Show with a Science Twist
March 7th 2011
 
Following WSET's success of previous years with celebrating International Women's Day with the 100Women100Visions Project and We.Are.Science Photography Competition and Exhibition of Women in Science, we held: Strut Our Science. This was a celebration of the science and technology that is ever increasingly involved with the fashion industry, with Imperial College's female students taking up the stage.
The show featured the finalists for a competition we had been running on campus for students to re-style the high visibility jacket, alongside this there was a parade of 'high-tech' wear including Super Fibre, metal threading, laser-cutting, self-cleaning & much more. We have worked with students from the department of Materials to create the microscopic images and scientific background to the materials used.
The inspirational fashion designer, Britt Lintner, who was previously in a leading role in the world of finance, but left to launch her eponymous label as a response to a fashion market wholly unsuited to her needs as an executive woman, joined us. The show was held in the prime location of Imperial's Main Entrance, thus attracting a great crowd including the male students!
Featured garments were then exhibited for the rest of the week in the main entrance.
Photos of the event can be seen on the facebook page.
Picture copyright Aeneas Wiener
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