Survey of engineering and technology undergraduates' motivations and career intentions  

Closing date 8 January 2012

Can you help with research investigating the motivations and career intentions of engineering and technology undergraduates.  The survey is funded by the National HE STEM Programme which supports Higher Education Institutions in the exploration of new approaches to recruiting students and delivering programmes of study within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The survey is part of the HE STEM Set to Lead project.

Click here to go to the survey. 

Your responses will be completely anonymous. After you have finished the questionnaire you will be invited to enter into a prize draw to have a chance of winning one of the 12 following prizes:

First Prize:                         £100 Amazon token
Second Prize:                    £50 Amazon token
Third Prize:                        10 x £10 Amazon tokens 

Please note we are interested in your responses regardless of whether you intend to find a job in engineering or technologist.

The survey should take you between 10 and 20 minutes to complete. 

We do realise that you are asked to complete a lot of surveys but we would be grateful if you could spare the time to provide information on your motivations for taking your course and to tell us something about what you think you will do in the future.

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a new global award which celebrates truly outstanding advances in engineering that have created significant benefit to humanity.

The £1 million Prize will be awarded in the name of Her Majesty the Queen to an individual or team of up to three people, of any nationality, directly responsible for advancing the positive application of engineering knowledge.

The Prize will recognise and celebrate the best - and also serve to illuminate the sheer excitement of modern engineering.

The Prize will be international and will be awarded biennially, the first being presented in Spring 2013.

The Prize is the result of a growing realisation within political, business and engineering circles of the need for a pioneering initiative based in the UK to focus attention on engineering worldwide.

The Prize has the strong support of both Government and Opposition leaders in the UK, is generously supported by a range of top engineering companies and is warmly welcomed by the whole of the UK engineering community.

The Prize will recognise and celebrate the best and also serve to illuminate the sheer excitement of modern engineering. It will provide an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate how engineers and engineering are making a real difference across the world.

For more information visit the website.  

Doris Gray Web Page updated

The Doris Gray awards began in April 2006 when Professor Doris Gray left £100,000 to the Women's Engineering Society to encourage women in Scotland to become professional engineers.

The award is divided into three sections:

Doris Gray Scottish Scholarships                              

Doris Gray Project Enabling Grants        

Doris Gray WES Conference Bursaries

The awards are now in their sixth year and to date scholarships of £21,000, enabling grants of over £21,000, and bursaries of £18,000 for the Doris Gray conference and WES conference attendance have been awarded.

For more information on Professor Doris Gray and the awards visit the website 

New MentorSET event

Title: Mentoring as an effective tool to grow future Leaders

Date: January 18th 2012

Venue: Brunel University, Uxbridge.

Cost: FREE

Mentoring is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool and an effective way of helping people to progress in their careers. Being a mentor can improve your leadership skills and enable you to learn from alternative approaches and different ways of thinking. This practical and interactive workshop will cover the benefits of an effective mentoring programme to individuals and to the organisation as a whole.

More info

This event is appropriate for anyone who is already a member of MentorSET, considering joining or just interested in learning more about mentoring.

everywoman in Technology Awards

This is the final call for nominations in the 2012 everywoman in Technology Awards!

1 December 2011 nominations will close - so don't miss your chance to shine the spotlight on the women working in the technology today.

We're certain you know a woman who has made a positive impact in technology. Why not spur her on by nominating now for the coveted everywoman in Technology Awards. There's nothing more valuable than being recognised for a job well done - and this is your chance to shout about great achievements.

The awards are free to enter and the 2012 categories include:

Rising Star

Team Leader

Leader

Innovator

Entrepreneur

Inspiration

Woman of the Year

Nominate Now!

and in particular, the IET, Transport for London, National Grid and Arup