Welcome to the April edition of the WES newsletter, the focus this month is on the WES Annual Conference taking place next Friday. The conference this year focuses on the importance of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) within engineering careers, whatever level you are working at. Have a look at the WES Conference Programme for more information. You'll find all the usual WES news, events, competitions and jobs in the newsletter too.
The Women's Engineering Society is committed to supporting women in engineering. Click through the following link for more information on being a WES member. It costs just a pound a week and helps us to do our work to promote engineering and technology amongst women and girls.
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WES Annual Conference: Book your Place for NEXT FRIDAYnow!
 The Women's Engineering Society annual conference on Friday 22 April focuses on Professional Development. Whether you are already a professionally registered engineer or technician, or whether this is an ambition for the future, this conference will give an update and an overview of CPD, why it is important, and what is new in terms of overarching competencies including health and safety at work, risk, ethics, inclusivity, work/life balance, mentoring, and skills development. The conference also provides networking opportunities, plus valuable workshop options outside the main conference programme.
We've such an exciting line up of speakers at our annual conference next week, if you haven't already booked your place please do so here. For more details on the conference line up visit the WES Conference page here.
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Have you read the WES Journal - The Woman Engineer?
Back issues of the WES journal are available here. Become a member and get your own copy delivered to your door.
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Women Engineers in the Great War and After
 On 23 April 'Women Engineers in the Great War and After' takes place at the Science Museum in London. This is a free public engagement event but registration is required. You can register here until midday on Friday 15th April. Travel bursaries are available.
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National Women in Engineering Day 23 June 2016
National Women in Engineering Day is taking place again on 23 June 2016 and this is your chance to support, inspire, celebrate and raise the profile of your amazing female engineers. It is also your opportunity to draw attention to the amazing careers in engineering for girls and young people.
The 2016 Resource Pack is available for you to download from the website www.nwed.org.uk or receive by post from nwed@wes.org.uk and we hope to be having a big social media presence again through the hashtag #NWED2016.
The subtheme for the day is Raising Profiles and the event will be accompanied by the publication of a list of 50 Influential Women in Engineering, which is being coordinated by The Daily Telegraph. Join our mailing list to be kept informed of what's going on, and don't forget to start planning your own celebrations. And do keep us informed. #NWED2016 coordinated by the Women's Engineering Society. Further information here. www.nwed.org.uk .
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Top 50 Women in Engineering List
 The Top 50 Women in Engineering List (WE50) is open to all women in Britain who work in the engineering sector, and is being run in partnership with the Women's Engineering Society (WES), key employers and associated organisations.
In the UK, engineering has an image problem. In Europe's league table of women participating in engineering, Britain comes rock bottom. Just 9pc of our engineers are women, and while much is being done to address this imbalance there is much more to do.
Projections suggest that the UK will be short of thousands of qualified engineers in the next decade. Without harnessing the talents available from both genders, there is little hope of filling all of the roles that are needed by industry.
The WE50 list will be judged and chosen by industry experts from WES, and is sponsored by industry heavyweights including BAE Systems, Scottish Power, Jaguar Land Rover and Mars Petcare, as well as skills and training experts Semta and the Prospect union. All of these organisations are keen to see the gender landscape of engineering change over the coming years.
Anyone can nominate women working in engineering at any level, no matter what their experience; that could be a friend, a colleague or yourself.
The hope is that these nominations will inspire the next generation of engineers by helping celebrate those currently excelling in the industry. You can be part of that process: make your nomination here by midnight on Monday 23 May. Further guidance on nominations can be found here.
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CPD and Your Engineering Career
 As many of you will be aware, in 2013, The Engineering Council announced an aspiration that by January 2017 all Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs) will have introduced a Policy of random reviewing of Professionally Active Registrants' CPD Returns. The IET and other PEIs have done this, with the IET opening it up to ALL members and it is now less than 12 months until the Policy goes live and random reviewing of members' 2016 CPD will begin.
CPD is an integral part of your Engineering career: whether undertaking training, work experience, academic study, volunteering or attending events and seminars, we all need to maintain and improve our knowledge base. Start recording your CPD now using Career Manager or your PEI's system.
And come along to the WES CPD conference to kick start your development.
Further details here.
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Get Your Name on a Red Arrows Plane
The RAF Museum's Public Fundraising Campaign is Names on a Plane. Their aim to raise £2 million in donations from the public for the Museum's RAF Centenary Programme. 2018 marks the Centenary of the Royal Air Force. The award-winning RAF Museum will celebrate and commemorate this anniversary through a major transformation of our London visitor experience sharing the RAF story on site and online.
The Museum is now offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have your name, or the name of a loved one, on a Red Arrows Hawk Jet for a donation of just £30. The Hawk will be flown across the globe during the Red Arrows' 2017 display season.
All of your donation to Names on a Plane will directly support the RAF Museum's RAF Centenary Programme. You can choose from five naming packages ranging from £30 - £25,000+ with each level offering a different reward.
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Call for nominations: Pump Industry Engineer of the Year, and The Manufacturer Top 100
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The award recognises the achievements of a pump engineer who has made a positive contribution to an interesting product or project in the industry.
After a successful 2016 event, World Pumps is keen to encourage further nominations in this category for 2017.
In the first instance, please contact World Pumps Editor Alan Burrows for further information.
The Manufacturer Top 100 Nominations for The Manufacturer Top 100 2016 are now open. Find out more here.
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Females in STEM Wanted!
 Fancy helping create some STEM resources for use in schools, but don't have much time spare? Becky Ford is creating 'Females in STEM' profiles but needs some women to profile! All you need to do is answer 5-6 questions about your work, what inspires you, what interested you at school and she will put your answers together and create your profile.
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YFactor 2016 - Make the difference
 If you can spare about seven minutes to complete an online survey, this could be time that will help make the difference so that men and women can equally contribute to future developments and innovation.
The survey closes on 30 April 2016, you can complete it here.
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The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM)
 Message from John Caunt. Hello, have you ever considered joining us before? Perhaps you hadn't realised that our livery is not only open to Instrument makers but to Instrument users, technicians and other related industries.
It was recently said to me that we Livery Companies are very good at promoting our past but not necessarily our future.
We at WCSIM are intent on producing a modern livery that serves not only its members who have a wide spectrum of ages but the Scientific Instrument Industry as a whole.
The Livery Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is holding a recruitment evening on June 6th near London Bridge from 6pm until 8pm.
Exciting times for us, and we invite you to be a part of it. You will find more on our web-site www.WCSIM.co.uk,
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"Down With Drudgery" - In Praise of Caroline Haslett
 In a recent article with Womanthology, the WES Chief Executive, Dawn Bonfield talked about the influences of WES in the past, including the first Chief Executive - Caroline Haslett. Caroline wanted to reduce the drudgery for women in the home through encouraging the use of electricity. This would have the effect of freeing up their time to enter the labour market.
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I'm an Engineer, Get me out of here
 I'm an Engineer is an online X-Factor style competition for engineers, where students are the judges! It's running this June (Monday 13th - Friday 24th).
For two weeks engineers will answer questions, and take part in live text chats with students all over the UK. Students vote for their favourite engineer to win £500 to spend on more STEM engagement.
The online event gives all students a voice and encourages questions they might not be confident asking in front of the whole class. Students see that engineers are people just like them, while being introduced to the wide range of possibilities in STEM careers; it's not all hard hats and white coats.
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Sign up for the Tomorrow's Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge 2016/2017
 Schools across the country are invited to apply to take part in our robotics challenge that will see student teams involved in 'space missions'.
Students (11-14s) work together to solve fun, space-themed engineering, technology and computing challenges. Schools successful in their applications will receive LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 sets worth £3,000.
Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland need to apply before 6 June, while schools in England and Wales have until 4 July. The challenge will start in September 2016.
Are you ready to take your students on a journey of exploration? Read more about the Tomorrow's Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge here.
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 Female Mechanics Required for TV Series
North One Television is looking for brilliant female mechanics to take part in a brand new prime time car renovation series. We are looking for fun, confident and enthusiastic candidates with hands-on experience of fixing or renovating vehicles. The time commitment will initially be 15 days (schedule TBC). We are committed to attracting outstanding talent from all backgrounds. To find out more, please contact sarah.swift@northonetv.com |
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Bosch Challenges the potential of the Internet of Things
This campaign challenges young, women engineers to imagine how the Internet of Things (IoT) will improve lives
- #BetweenUsWeCan seeks out best IoT innovations
- Competition encourages gender diversity in engineering
- Winners to visit Bosch's state-of-the-art facilities in Germany
Bosch is fuelling the imagination of young, women engineers with the launch of a campaign aimed at bringing the Internet of Things (IoT) to life.
 The #BetweenUsWeCan campaign, which supports efforts to improve gender diversity within engineering, will include an online competition that seeks out the best new applications of the IoT. Three winners will get the chance to pay a two-day visit to Bosch's state-of-the-art Renningen and Reutlingen research and development facilities near Stuttgart, in Germany. This is where IoT technologies are being developed and brought to life for Bosch. The winners will also receive a year's mentoring from Bosch engineers.
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35 Women Under 35 2016
Are you talented. ambitious and aged 35 or under?
Management Today magazine is on the hunt for Britain's brightest young businesswomen as part of its annual '35 Women Under 35' campaign. "This is a brilliant opportunity for young female engineers to showcase their talent and raise their profiles" says Mamta Singhal (Business consultant and Product Design Engineer - WES Young Woman Engineer of Year winner 2007). Find out more about the campaign and apply here. The deadline for entries is 25 April. Finalists will be profiled in the July/August edition of Management Today magazine (circulation: 85,000) and in the national press. For more information on 35 Women Under 35 2016 click here.
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How the Girl Guides Won the War
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There are just a few tickets left for this talk by Author Janie Hampton at the Royal Airforce Museum at Cosford on Saturday 30 April giving a fascinating insight into her book entitled 'How the Girl Guides Won the War'.
What have the Guides achieved, since they began 100 years ago? Do they do more than sell biscuits, sing around campfires and tie knots?
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Could you be the next Dean of Engineering at one of the world's top universities?
 UCL is currently seeking a new Dean for the Faculty of Engineering. If you think you could lead and inspire the next generation of engineers, their lecturers and university partners at a top university with a six figure remuneration package - then why not apply?
Don't delay the closing date is TONIGHT at 23.59 hours!
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STEMNET and STEM Learning Ltd Merger
The boards of STEMNET and STEM Learning Ltd have decided to enter into merger discussions with a view to more closely uniting the two organisations. This purpose of this merger will be to streamline the STEM landscape for our end users - teachers, businesses and STEM Ambassadors.
Following a period of integration between April and August 2016 it is intended that STEM Learning Ltd and STEMNET will merge programmes and operations.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions. I will keep you informed about progress with the merger in the coming months. We hope you will continue to support our programmes. Visit the STEMNET website here.
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IMarEST Welcomes First Female President
Jane is the first woman to hold the position in the Institute's 127-year history.
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Balance Network Funding Applications for Apr - Dec 2016 Activities
 The Balance Network is once again inviting proposals for funding of activities within the themes of 'work-life balance in the digital age.'
As with our previous call, funded activities will form part of the network's programme of activities between now and December 2016. The maximum available per application will be £2.5k, and we aim to fund at least one application led by an early career researcher (within 5 years of PhD completion).
We will be accepting and approving applications on a rolling basis, with the final deadline for submission of 5pm on 29 July 2016. All applications must include confirmed event/completion dates, and all invoices and reports must be submitted by December 2016. Core EPSRC funding for the Balance Network runs until the end of January 2017; we are therefore particularly interested in proposals that aim to continue the legacy of the Network beyond this date.
We encourage prospective applicants to come along to our Beyond Balance event on 27 June. The early registration rate of £10 is available until 30 April 2016
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National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition
The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition takes place next week on 22 & 23 April at the NEC, Birmingham. Our WES Prize Winner Young Woman Engineer Helen Cavill will be talking at the Forum on behalf of WES. Please visit her on the WES stand to say hello.
 The exhibition incorporates the Women in Engineering forum and networking lunch on Friday 22 April which offers women at all stages of their career the chance to share experiences, make new contacts, and hear about exciting new vacancies.
For more information about the exhibition and to register for your free ticket, please visit engineerjobs.co.uk.
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Congratulations to Isobel Pollock
 WES would like to wish its Patron Isobel Pollock the best of luck in becoming the first female Master of the Worshipful Company of Engineers on 26 April 2016. For further information on the Worshipful Company please see the website here. |
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Redraw the Gender Balance
We'd like to share with you this fascinating short film that demonstrates the stereotypes children have in their minds even at a young age.
Help #RedrawTheBalance and inspire children with all the career opportunities open to them in the future. Pledge an hour to speak about your career at your local state school.
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SWE WE Europe Annual Conference - May 2016 Madrid
The Society of Women Engineers will host their 2nd WE Europe Annual Conference, WE Europe: Reach Out to Reach Up on 11th-13th May, 2016 at College of Architects of Madrid. The annual European conference will feature presenters from a variety of countries with the goal of providing women engineers in Europe, Middle East & Africa regions content tailored to their needs. Education tracks will include: Career and Life Transitions, Inclusion and Cultural Awareness, Innovation and Technology, Entrepreurship and Business, Management and Strategy.
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Want a rewarding experience alongside your job?
 Then consider MentorSET, WES' mentoring scheme for women in STEM. We are still seeking new mentors to ensure the perfect pairing with our mentees. Mentoring is a great way of providing development opportunities for mentors, not just the mentees as well as great personal satisfaction. Being a mentor can improve your leadership skills and enable you to learn from alternative approaches and different ways of thinking. It can be challenging, inspiring and enlightening.
So if you think you have the skills and can see the benefit that mentoring can do, please do get in touch and consider joining here.
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 Apologies to our WES Partner and Sparxx sponsor SSE, the Scottish Energy Company - incorrectly referred to as SSE Systems in the last newsletter. SSE is a valued partner of WES and the sponsorship they provide helps to keep our Sparxx initiative running. For more information visit the SSE website |
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WES Corporates News:
 We would like to thank our renewing Partners this month: Bureau Veritas who continue to work with us as Company Members.
We offer thanks to all our new and renewing Partners sincerely for their continuing support of WES.
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WES Partners and Sponsors
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With good wishes
the e-News team.
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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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International Symposium on Inclusive Engineering Education 21 - 22/04/2016 At UCL Engineering in London,
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WES Annual Conference
22/04/2016
BOOKING NOW at the WES Annual Conference. Focussing on CPD, the conference takes place at Savoy Place in London
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National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition
22-23/04/2016
Meet recruiters, make contacts, share experiences and find out about vacancies. NEC Birmingham
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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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Seeing and Believing - Colin Blakemore
11/05/2016
A new series of public lectures on subjects of general interest in information engineering and science at QMUL
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SWE 2nd WE Annual Europe Conference
11 - 13/05/2016
The 2nd WE Annual Europe conference in Madrid held by the Society of Women Engineers
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Next Generation Women Leaders Event in Paris
12/05/2016 - 14/05/2016
A three day workshop for talented women held by McKinsey & Company
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SPE Women in Energy Conference
20/05/2016
The event provides a great opportunity for networking and career advancement
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STEMtech Conference
13 - 14/06/2016
The STEMtech conference and exhibition will be held at Telford.
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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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International Conference TMM 2016
06 -08/10/2016
The XII International Conference on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms takes place in the Czech Republic
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Educated Yorkshire
10/11/2016
Taking place at Leeds this year, around 300 delegates will come to the event
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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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WES Event Partners
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Intern Program Manager
Eaton, Royal Leamington Spa or Slough
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Graduate Engineering Program
GE Energy, Rugby
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Chartered Civil & Structural Engineer
FCO Services, London
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Engineering Assistant/ Administrator
Howe-Baker International Ltd, Marylebone London
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Communications Hub Firmware and Defect Manager
Capita Integrated Services, Central London
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Senior Electronic Design Engineer
Eaton, Luton
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Operation Technician
Coca Cola Enterprises, Milton Keynes
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Operation Technician
Coca Cola Enterprises, Wakefield
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Regional Manager Mechanical
Bureau Veritas, Home based North
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Area Manager Electrical
Bureau Veritas, Home based South of England
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Gas Distribution Field Force Engineers
National Grid, Various locations
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Dean, Faculty of Engineering
UCL, Central London
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Mechanical Engineering Apprenctice Technician
Imperial College, Kingston College and South Kensington
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Finance, Model Risk Management Associate
London, Goldman Sachs
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Algorithmic IP Engineer
High Wycombe, Altera
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Software Engineer DSP Builder
High Wycombe, Altera
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