WES's mentoring scheme for women in STEM, MentorSET, is now up and running again, and we are calling for Mentor and Mentees to register. If you are interested in one-to-one career mentoring, please visit the new look MentorSET website and complete a registration form. MentorSET is offering a number of other benefits to members in addition to one-to-one mentoring and these will include Boardroom Conversations, training opportunities, access to mentoring theory and research, and speed mentoring sessions, amongst other things. All MentorSET members must be members of WES, and there is also an annual fee for Mentees.

The 96th Annual General Meeting of the Women's Engineering Society will take place on 10th October 2015 in Birmingham. After the AGM, Henrietta Heald will be giving a talk on WES Founder Rachel Parsons.                                                            Find Out More

For further details contact the Sparxx team or visit the website Here 

In four sessions, over a three-month period the programme equips participants with the tools and confidence to showcase and achieve their potential. WES members will be entitled to the WISE discounted £950 course fee.

The next course starts on September 17th in Manchester. For further details and booking click here 

The Prime Minister has launched a wide-ranging public consultation seeking views on what more we can do to accelerate the rate of progress in closing the gender pay gap. This consultation will inform the development of new regulations requiring employers in Great Britain to publish the difference between the pay of men and women employees.

We are also seeking views on wider action that can be taken to inspire girls and young women, modernise workplaces and support older working women.

The consultation can be found here

Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships support engineering researchers looking to commercialise their research. Applicants should be working at a UK university and wish to develop a spin-out business around their technological idea. Awardees receive £60,000 funding and benefit from training and mentoring from some of the UK's most successful technology entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Prior experience of commercialisation activities is not essential, the desire and capability to succeed is more important and we will equip you with the necessary skills through a programme of training and mentoring. 

The submission deadline is Monday 7 September. For further details see the website.

With record numbers of students graduating this year, the competition for jobs amongst graduates has never been more intense. As a result, Employers are now looking for more than just a degree. The  Gradbridge Awardhas been developed to help better prepare students and recent graduates for the work place and provide a chance to Stand Out and impress Employers.                                                         

We are organising a get-together for those of us involved in WES for more decades than we care to admit! No longer interested in your CV and career development - more interested in a nice meal with wine and a chat with old friends (some not so old, some just feel old...)?

Do you fancy lunch on 10 October in Birmingham? We could meet for coffee at about 11, then lunch at 12.30 before supporting WES at the AGM at 2pm. We may even carry on afterwards at some nearby hostelry. Please contact Sue Bird to let us know if you are interested and we will set about organising something suitable.

Building the Future, Shaping our world is a global engineering competition for groups of up to 6 girls aged 11-18. As a competitor you will have to design a sporting venue for your local area using either a derelict or brownfield site. Each member of the winning team will receive an iPad mini 3.

The competition requires you to consider many different aspects of building and so requires many different skill sets. Entrants have until Friday 9th October 2015.

Click HERE to register or find out more