Welcome to December's newsletter, where you'll find the latest news, events and jobs.
Thank you for reading our newsletter in 2015 - we hope you have enjoyed it.
We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year.
Find out here why you should be a WES member, if you're not already. It costs a pound a week and helps us to do our work to promote engineering and technology amongst women and girls. And if you join now you will get 3 months free membership taking you to the end of March 2017. Bargain!
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 New CEO for WES
We are delighted to announce that Dawn Bonfield has been appointed as the new Chief Executive for the Women's Engineering Society, after gaining approval for the appointment from the Charity Commission.
Dawn is WES's first CEO in its recent history, and is looking forward to continuing the work that she started whilst President. Please do contact Dawn if you would like to get more involved with WES as a sponsor, a member or a volunteer. |
Helen Cavill Scoops the WES Prize at the IET's Young Women Engineer Award Ceremony
 Helen Cavill, Process Improvement Manager at M&H Plastics, has won the WES Prize 2015 at the IET's Young Woman Engineer Awards.
Helen has been a STEM Ambassador for the last nine years, runs Saturday Science Masterclasses has been on the organising committee of the Lowestoft Interschool Maths Challenge since its creation.
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Waterloo Bridge 70th Year Anniversary
 On 10 December 1945 Waterloo Bridge, now nicknamed 'The Ladies Bridge' was officially opened by Herbert Morrison, and 70 years later we continue to celebrate the women who played such a significant role in building this iconic Bridge.
In 2015 to celebrate National Women in Engineering Day Historic England relisted the bridge to recognise its historical significance. Read more here.
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Discounted media training at exPRession for WES members, brought to you by WES and Emmett & Smith Ltd
 What does exPRession offer?
Our bespoke exPRession media training workshop provides candidates with insight regarding how the media works and what journalists are looking for. It provides them with new skills to help them deal with difficult questions and shows them how to take control of challenging situations.
What is achieved?
Each delegate undertakes practical exercises based on real life scenarios tailored specifically to their areas of expertise. This means that participants are operating in familiar territory and can focus on learning to manage the interview while building their confidence in a safe environment.
 exPRession equips spokespeople to speak intelligently and appropriately in any given scenario that they are likely to find themselves in.
For more information on exPRession training and to book a space on the 9th February 2016 click here. Space is limited to book early.
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New Podcast Features Ladies' Bridge & Seeks Untold Stories
 The hidden history of women behind Waterloo Bridge features in the latest episode of a new podcast celebrating women engineers. The Ladies' Bridge is episode two of Transformer. Sandi Rhys Jones reveals Waterloo Bridge's secret and explains why it's relevant to today's engineers. Click here for the podcast.
Transformer has been set up by two journalists to bring alive to the public the reality of working as an engineer and to share women's aspirations in a novel medium.
"We are baffled why there are proportionately so few women engineers," says presenter Hester Abrams. "What's going on? What is keeping women and engineering apart?"
Transformer wants to feature stories engineers don't seem to be getting across to the public. Tweet them ideas and comments @rivetingaudio. You can subscribe on iTunes, or player.fm, with more podcatchers coming soon.
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Women engineers in the Great War and after - save the date!
 23 April 2016: One day public engagement event at the Dana Centre, Science Museum, London. 'Women Engineers in the Great War and after' .
This free one day collaborative conference will look back at the role of women in engineering and technical disciplines during the First World War and beyond, and will start to bring out some of the stories documented in the newly digitised Women's Engineering Society archive.
In collaboration the University of Leeds, the University of Leicester, the team at the IET archive, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and many others contributors, the day will be an informative, interactive and entertaining event which will set the stage for further collaboration on this important and as yet largely unexplored part of our heritage.
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Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2016
The awards are designed to showcase success and best practice within the natural and built environment for the engineering and consultancy community globally.
If you're interested in more information on the awards, to see the categories and to find out how to enter visit the website here. The entry deadline is 8th February 2016.
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NWED Supporters Help WES Win Another Award for National Women in Engineering Day (NWED)
 We can't believe that NWED has won another trophy!
WES is now the proud owner of two awards; the most recent being from the Association Awards 2015 for the Best Social Media Campaign. NWED reached so many people this year and has made us proud in so many ways that the awards are simply the icing on the cake. We're already planning for 2016 to go out to even more current and aspiring engineers to help inspire them.
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2015 WES Student Conference - The Best Yet!
"From the moment I walked through the door I was overwhelmed by the uplifting atmosphere"
This year saw the best student conference to date with over 120 students and 26 presenters. The conference included keynote speeches by our headline sponsors; presentations in electronics; academia; energy and alternative engineering; an icebreaker session and training workshops.
"The most inspirational engineering event I've been to date"
Highlights of the conference included a motivating after dinner speech by Naomi Climer, the IET President and presentations from Naomi Mitchison, IET Young Women Engineer of the Year and Anne Madsen who provided insight into their amazing careers to date.
"My confidence and enthusiasm in the field of engineering has been greatly excelled"
To see more feedback from the two-day event click here.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank to all our sponsors and everyone who made this a truly amazing event. Sponsors for the 2016 event please contact the WES office on corporates@wes.org.uk.
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Want to be Inspired to Maximise your Career Potential?  To supercharge your career, go along to Women of Silicon Roundabout, on 28th January 2016: an event promoting gender diversity within the technology industry. With speakers from some of the UK's biggest brands and companies, there'll be plenty to take in and also ample networking opportunities and workshops.
For an opinion piece by one of the speakers on why there are so few women in technology visit the Women of Silicon Roundabout blog here.
For a 20% discount book here
quoting WES20
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Immortalising Past President Amy Johnson at Herne Bay
 If you would like to see a bronze interactive Amy Johnson statue overlooking Herne Bay and you could provide the necessary sponsorship to make it happen The Amy Johnson Herne Bay Project would love for you to get in touch.
2016 is the 75th anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of a WES Past President and fantastic female role model.
This would be a permanent memorial to one of Britain's pioneers of flight.
The WES papers and correspondence of Amy Johnson have recently been digitised and are available for viewing on the IET archive here.
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The Ultimate STEM challenge
The Ultimate STEM Challenge is a new competition brought to you by BP, the Science Museum and STEMNET.
The competition asks teams of two to four students aged 11 to 14 from across the UK to put their Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths skills to the test and win some fantastic prizes, including an invitation to a celebratory event at the Science Museum in London, £500 for their school and Science Museum goodies. The categories, based around the theme of increasing energy efficiency are: Streamlined Ships, Better Buildings and Trim Turbines.
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Keep the entries coming for the Little Big Awards
The Little Big Awards is a challenge that explores the concept of the 'internet of things' and what is possible when you connect everyday objects like the microwave or your central heating to the internet. There will also be a separate prize for innovative use of a BBC micro:bit as part of the project. Key stage 3 students are invited to show us how they think life could be made better by connecting everyday things together. Why not register your interest in being a mentor via the Little Big Awards website or encourage a school or STEM club to take part?
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 WES Corporates News:
The following Partners have also renewed their memberships with us this month: BAE Systems, a WES Event Partner for the second year now and Malvern and Mars Petcare, both continuing as WES Company Members. Our partners are vital to the work we do and we thank them immensely for their continuing support.
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NWED had a reach of over one million people last year via social media, and has now also won two awards due to its spectacular twitter campaign. If you'd like to be part of the event this year then why not consider sponsoring NWED?
NWED resource packs contain sponsors information and are sent out across the UK. If you would like to sponsor it click here or email nwed@wes.org.uk. AND START PLANNING YOUR OWN EVENT NOW. JUST SIX MONTHS TO GO.
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Have you read the latest copy of The Woman Engineer?
The latest issue of the WES journal is hitting the doorsteps of our Full and Associate members now. If you aren't a WES member yet, you can still view it online here.
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Calling all Book Worms...
Did you know we have a book reviewer every month in Sparxx and we always have room for more. If you know a budding book reviewer who would like to write up a review for us please get in touch by emailing sparxx@wes.org.uk with the subject line 'Book Reviewer'.
If you would like to know more about Sparxx generally you can sign up to the monthly e-newsletter here or visit the website here.
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WES Partners and Sponsors
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Don't forget to forward our enewsletter to your friends and contacts, male or female, and help to inspire more young women to consider engineering and technology as a career.
With good wishes
the e-News team.
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The Raising of the Costa Concordia
12/01/2016
Joint meeting with IMarEST and WES. ICE, RINA, IMechE and IStructE TBC. A FREE lecturer by Titan Salvage at Strathclyde University.
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WES London Group Event
25/01/2016
Networking session for all at UCL (non-members welcome).
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Connecting Industry with Researchers in Physics
27/01/2016
SEPnet's Graduate Network (GRADnet) networking evening: University of Kent, Canterbury 4pm - 8pm.
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius
03/02/2016
The Science Museum in London is holding an exhibition with 3D models of his inventions,
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Media Training event for WES Members
09/02/2016
At a special rate for WES members, exPRession training equips spokespeople to speak intelligently and appropriately.
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Career Development for Women in STEM
21/04/2016
Award winning development programme - discounted places for WES members
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Women Engineers in the Great War and After
23/04/2016
One day public engagement event at the Dana Centre, Science Museum, London.
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Manufactured Yorkshire 2016
11/05/2016
The only event designed for Yorkshire Manufacturers at the Centenary Pavillion Suite in Leeds.
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National Women in Engineering Day
23/06/2016
With events across the UK and beyond, please see the full line up at www.nwed.org.uk
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WES Student Conference 2016
18 -19/11/2016
The annual WES student conference taking place at Aston University
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Graduate Opportunities
UK Wide, Arup
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Head of School of Engineering
Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton
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Outreach Project Manager
Women's Engineering Society, Stevenage
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Product Supply - Internships and Placements UK
P&G across sites in Seaton Delaval or Bournemouth
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Product Supply - Internships and Placements UK & Ireland
P&G across sites in UK and Ireland
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Graduate Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Fareham
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Senior Forensic Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Cheltenham
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Test Analyst
Northrop Grumman
Cheltenham
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Technical Project & Programme Managers
Northrop Grumman
Cheltenham
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