Are you finding it difficult to persuade students, particularly girls and BME students, to study maths and sciences after GCSE?

WISE is delivering four FREE workshops for teachers in Leeds, Manchester, Solihull and Hull. These informative sessions will give you the opportunity to find out about exciting careers in Engineering, Technology and Construction and the different routes into these careers.

Find out more and book your free place 

As part of International Women's Day, UCL Women are hosting the following event.

Professor Elizabeth Blackburn

University of California, San Francisco

Nobel Laureate 2009

For Physiology or Medicine

'Telomeres - Telling Tails'

Followed by a discussion about a Life in Science

With

Vivienne Parry OBE

10th March 2015 5.30-7.00pm

Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1

Please join us after at the reception in the North Cloisters 7.00-8.00pm

I'm an Engineer, Get me out of here is an online public engagement event that gets scientists talking to school students all over the UK at imanengineer.org.uk.

For two weeks at a time, engineers answer students' questions and engage directly with them in live text-based chats. Students vote for their favourite engineer to win £500 to spend on further public engagement.

From 9th to 20th March, during Science Week, we will be running 6 engineering zones (i.e. Transport Zone, Apprentice Zone, Safety Zone...). You can see the full list here

We are recruiting engineers to take part in the event

Engineers can read more info and apply to take part before January 26th

Most engineers spend 2 hours a day on the event; half of which can be during the evening, outside of the work day. In return, they develop their communication skills, gain a fresh perspective on their work, and find out what young people think about engineers and the role of engineers. And all this, without leaving their desks!

If you have any questions, please contact Angela or 01225 326892.

 Look no further than STEMtechLive! Career and Job Expo in Leeds on February 13th 2015!

Come along to our roadshow for the opportunity to speak to Universities, Employers, Recruiters, Apprenticeship, Internship and Graduate programme providers!

If this wasn't enough, STEMtechLive! is also host to a Career and Enterprise Zone, where you can meet with business professionals who are on hand to give advice from CV writing to going Self-employed!

STEM industries (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) have more job vacancies than people who are qualified to fill them. You could help to close that gap by taking the next step in your career or training within the STEM field.

Plus, STEMtechLive! is FREE to attend! Can you afford not to?

For more information and to book your tickets now go to Skiddle 

5th February 2015

IET Glasgow: Teacher Building, 14 St Enoch Square, Glasgow G1 4DB

6:30pm Registration

7:00pm to 9:00pm Speakers and Networking

Equate Scotland and the Women's Engineering Society are delighted to invite you to an upbeat event that will explore how

coaching and mentoring can help you to develop your career and fulfil your ambitions. Bringing together professionals and students,

you'll hear from a range of interesting speakers about what coaching and mentoring mean for them and find out how to access these

opportunities yourself. This will be followed by the chance to network with delegates and speakers over drinks and nibbles.

If you would like to come along to the event,please register by Wednesday 28th January 2015.

Inspiring more women into engineering and supporting them to develop their careers are key priorities for Equate Scotland and WES.

If you have any questions about the evening , or other ways in which the Equate Scotland's Women in Engineering project can support you,

The Marshall LaunchPad Scholarship is aimed at children in the wider Cambridge area aged between 8 and 18 from selected schools. Initially there will be four primary, 5 secondary and 5 sixth form schools involved, with the aim to expand this number over time.

Marshall has realised that there is a lack of new engineers and an ever growing requirement for young people to enter the sector and consider careers in engineering. Therefore the programme has been designed to promote an interest and understanding around engineering by providing exciting activities and opportunities to the Children taking part.

It is a very unique programme that aims to support the student from aged 8 all the way to leaving school at age 18. The students who 'graduate' from the scheme will  form an alumni, who can then go on to support the younger student who are entering the scheme.

A vital part of the programme is the desire to encourage more women to take up engineering and STEM subjects. We firmly believe that by targeting females at a young age, and engaging them in fun and exciting activities we can prove that engineering really can be an exciting and fulfilling career for both males and females.

For more information click here 

Have you ever built something as part of a team or as a hobby? Do you enjoy building robots, or inventing devices?

We'd love to hear from you! At the BBC we are currently developing a competition format for robotics and engineering. The programme would involve teams building amazing contraptions to complete tasks and challenges. At the moment we would love to talk to any tinkerers or roboteers who are passionate about their hobby and are keen to test their skills.

We want to know what you might've made and what your dream build would be!

Please contact Alice

BBC Women in Tech Event, Salford

Friday 23rd January 2015

Celebrating women in biochemical, chemical and process engineering

Wednesday 4th February 2015

The UCL Student Society of Women Engineers and IChemE London & SE member group will be putting together another exciting event for engineers from different sectors and stages of their careers. They will be sharing their inspiration and personal journey, with speakers ranging from dedicated students just starting their careers to senior engineers and consultants. We hope this event will prove inspirational for all. A panel discussion after the talks will provide a golden opportunity for those who have questions, followed by a networking session with refreshments kindly sponsored by UCL Faculty of Engineering.

For more information, click here

National Women in Engineering Day 2015

Tuesday 23rd June 2015

Twilight information evening on careers in engineering

Tuesday 24th February 2015

The University of Derby is hosting a twilight information evening for girls and their parents to show what an interesting, rewarding and exciting career Engineering can be. There will be nine successful women engineers from different areas of Engineering, who will give a short, snappy, 'best bits' presentation of their career to date and the journey they took to get there.  This will be followed by advice and information where the speakers and staff from the university will be available for questions regarding subject option choices, grades, pathways into engineering and related information.

Click here for further information

Technical Forums for Engineers: LED & Lighting / RF & Wireless Design, Cambridge

Tuesday 24th March 2015