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Women's Engineering Society eNewsletter
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Welcome to the February edition of the WES newsletter!
In this month's newsletter you can find updates on WES, upcoming events and job postings.
Job listings are found in the WES Jobs section below or you can click here.
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 inspire and support women to achieve their potential as engineers, applied scientists and technical leaders. Anyone joining WES between now and 31 March can get up to 18 months of membership for the price of 12 months!
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#INWED17 Launched!
In 2017 NWED is going international. It's now time to start planning for
Want to get more involved and help ensure that we reach even more girls and women in engineering? Become a corporate sponsor! Click here for more information.
The Top 50 Women in Engineering 2017 n ominations open on the 23rd of February and are available to women in any engineering profession aged 35 and under. Feel free to nominate as many candidates from your organisation as you like. Nominations can be submitted via the online hub from the 23rd of Feb at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/women-in-engineering
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Could you be a Mentor?
MentorSET is now recruiting for Mentors and welcomes male mentors as well as female mentors. Being a MentorSET Mentor gives you the opportunity to develop your own management skills as well as great personal satisfaction. Being a Mentor is not a big commitment, and can be enlightening, inspiring and very rewarding.
You don't have to be at the top of your profession to be a MentorSET Mentor. Although we welcome more experienced Mentors, for many of our younger Mentees, a Mentor only needs a couple of years working experience in the Science, Engineering or Technology sectors. We are also delighted to hear from would-be Mentors with HR experience in these sectors or with coaching backgrounds.
You don't need any prior knowledge of mentoring, and training and support is FREE to members of the Women's Engineering Society and our partner organisations. If you would like to become a MentorSET Mentor, please contact us for more information at mentorset@wes.org.uk.
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WES is looking for Cluster Coordinators!
WES regional activity is organised through a network of Clusters run by WES members throughout the UK, it aims to re-invigorate the regions of the UK, increase the number of women engineers we can reach and support, encourage girls into engineering, help Engineering Companies improve their diversity agenda, and generally increase our strength and influence at a local level. The cluster regions with current vacancies are:
- Essex
- Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
- Northern Ireland and Eire
- Berkshire
- Nottinghamshire
If you would like to become a Cluster Coordinator, please contact us for more information at info@wes.org.uk
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WES Prize Winner Bethan Murray speaking at the NECR
Whether you are an experienced engineering or construction professional looking for your next step up the career ladder, or a recent graduate looking to kick-start your career within the industry The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment (NECR) Exhibition offers a vast array of interesting job opportunities. The event takes place in Birmingham on the 31st March & 1st April. WES Young Woman Engineer of the Year prize winner, Bethan Murray, will be speaking on the Friday.
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WES Student Groups: Glasgow University FemEng Update
2017 has been a busy year for FemEng already! Here's a summary of what they've been up to.
FemEng has teamed up with Primary Engineer to participate in The Scottish Engineering Special Leaders Award. Members of their group have been paired up with Glasgow schools and will act as a source of engineering guidance for pupils in the next few months.
In January, they also hosted some girls from Ayrshire college for a campus tour - a great way to build connections with other institutions.
They've also started a mentoring system, pairing up younger year students with those from the same discipline in final years - and it's going great!
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Swansea WES Student Group: seeking female engineers
Female engineers are sought to attend their event on Friday 17th March to talk to students about their career and to carry out 'mock' interviews.
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Promoting Women in STEM
According to recent findings from The WISE campaign, women made up only 21% of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) workforce and represented only 8% of engineering professionals in the UK in 2016.
This shortage not only affects economic growth, it also contributes to gender pay gaps with less women working in high paying STEM roles. With this in mind, Inside Government will be holding ' Promoting Women in Stem', an interactive strategy discussion at the Hallam Conference Centre on Thursday 30th March 2017. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss successful initiatives and learn from best practice case studies that have been successful in widening the pool of talent and helping to maximise the contribution of women to STEM. View the full agenda here.Speakers on the day include: Benita Mehra, President, Women's Engineering Society
Increasing Women in STEM Through Engagement and Outreach Work
- Winning the WISE Campaign Award 2015 for its launch of National Women in Engineering Day to highlight the work of women in industry
- Encouraging and promoting the education, study and application of engineering through the annual WES Student Conference, the Magnificent Women Outreach Project and supporting the creation of WES affiliated student groups at university
- Highlighting the importance of outreach work in communities to increase representation of women in STEM
- Raising awareness about careers in STEM for women from under-represented backgrounds through outreach work with schools
- Supporting women to achieve their potential as engineers, applied scientists and leaders through MentorSet; a mentoring programme open to WES members and partner organisations
As a valued (member/reader) of WES, Inside Government would like to exclusively offer you the chance to attend the upcoming forum 'Promoting Women in STEM 2017' with a 20% discount. To claim your 20% discount, please contact Deborah Makinde on 0203 770 6648 or email Deborah.Makinde@insidegovernment.co.uk and quote 'STEM2017'.
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Initiative to inspire women into engineering steps up for 2017
Women across Hull and the East Riding are being inspired to discover job opportunities in the manufacturing and engineering sectors through new videos commissioned by Green Port Hull in partnership with WES. Women into Manufacturing and Engineering (WiME), a Green Port Hull initiative supported by the Regional Growth Fund, aims to encourage women to choose a career in these industries.
WiME have created two videos based around a Q&A session with Dr Catherine Dobson, Senior Lecturer at the University of Hull's School of Engineering and Computer Science and Dr Sarah Peers, WES Vice President. These tell the story of WES and of Amy Johnson, the Hull aviator.
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Graduate Programmes
Vacancies
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Robots at the Science Museum
8 February - 3 September 2017 | London
Discover the remarkable 500- year story of humanoid robots. Opening in February 2017, our next blockbuster exhibition will explore the 500-year story of humanoid robots and the artistic and scientific quest to understand what it means to be human.
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Women of Westminster: Pre-MIPIM Network
Westminster Business Council is a connections agency bringing professionals together through informative and engaging events.
We will be soon entering MIPIM season, an important time for those in the Property and Construction industry. WBC will be using this theme to give a voice to the successful women in this sector.
Our annual Pre-MIPIM networking evening brings together great speakers while creating a relaxed atmosphere of good company and networking to be had.
We hope you can join us on the 23rd of February to share your stories and make great connections with like-minded professionals.
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Women in the workplace seminar
23 February 2017 | Central London
Guest of Honour: Caroline Dinenage MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years
Key topics for discussion will include the gender pay gap; tackling sex and maternity discrimination; improving the availability of high-quality childcare provision and the challenges for increasing the proportion of women in leadership and executive management positions within the British economy.
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Women Engineers: Change the World
6 March 2017 | University College London
To celebrate International Women's Day, the UCL Student Society of Women Engineers will be hosting a free event open to GCSE students, engineering professionals and current UCL students. Speakers from a wide range of backgrounds - including engineering academics, corporate experts and outreach professionals - will be giving talks on cutting edge topics in the world of engineering, such as diversity in the subject, career choices and the importance of innovation from up-and-coming engineers.
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Free webinar this International Women's Day, March 8th!
It is fast approaching International Women's Day, and Maiden Voyage are going to be hosting two free webinars for women across the world, covering the topic of how to have safer business trips.
To take time zones into consideration there will be one at 8am GMT and one at 4pm GMT.
The webinars will be in support of and to raise awareness for Women for Women International, a charity dedicated to aiding and supporting women survivors of war. You can find out more about their work visiting their website.
Click on the links to book your free place on the AM or PM slot.
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Girls' Day School Trust Engineering & Architecture Conference
10 & 11 March 2017 | Bath
The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) are keen to inspire their students to consider careers in areas where there aren't enough women. To support this work we will be holding the GDST Engineering & Architecture Conference at the Royal High School in Bath, bringing together over 100 sixth formers from across the country. Students will have the opportunity to explore academic study in these areas, test their skills with hands-on workshops and also hear directly from employers across the sector. The event will be supported by Women's Engineering Society Members and staff.
For more information, please contact jessica.wade08@imperial.ac.uk or Karen Kimura, k.kimura@wes.gdst.net
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Claudia Parsons Memorial Lecture
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The Big Bang Fair 2017
15-18 March 2017 | The NEC, Birmingham
Exciting theatre shows, hands-on activities, interactive workshops, excellent careers information, and much more!
Give your students or children a unique opportunity to explore where their future can take them at the UK's largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people.
They will be spoilt for choice with 12 mind-boggling theatre shows, over 150 hands-on activities and the opportunity to talk to thousands of scientists and engineers from leading companies across the UK, including young people who have just started work.
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STEM Scotland 2017
21 March 2017 | Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
Building on the success of 2016's launch event, STEM Scotland 2017 will again bring together senior educators to join with policy makers, leading academics and industry leaders to discuss the root causes behind the decline in STEM subject take up.
Key speakers are due to include:
- Sheila Rowan MBE, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Scottish Government
- John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (TBC)
- Keir Bloomer, Chair of the Court of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Chair of the Tapestry Partnership, Chair of the Commission on School Reform and Vice-convenor of Children in Scotland
- Tim Bedford, Associate Deputy Principal for Knowledge Exchange, Strathclyde University
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Understanding the Workplace, a course for Autistic women
21 & 22 March 2017 | London
Understanding the workplace, a course for Autistic women who are working, including those with Asperger syndrome. A course developed and delivered by autistic women. The National Autistic Society is hosting this two-day training course for women on the autism spectrum, is for those who are currently in employment and want to increase their understanding of the potential complexities of the workplace, with a specific focus on the challenges women face and the skills that they have. As an employee, you will have the opportunity to explore work-related challenges alongside other women on the autism spectrum. The course aims to increase your confidence and skills in the workplace .
If you would like further information on this course or to speak to one of our advisors please call 0141 285 7117 (choose option 1 then option 1 again).
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Amy Johnson - Last Flight Out
23 & 25 March 2017 | Spread Eagle Pub Theatre, Croydon
Jenny Lockyer explores the life of Amy Johnson, the pioneering aviator, in the first Croydonites commission.
On 5th January 1941, Amy Johnson was on a routine job for the Air Transport Auxiliary. Amy, an experienced, record making pilot, was delivering an Airspeed Oxford plane from Blackpool to Kidlington. While navigating her way around thick cloud she ran out of fuel and bailed out directly over the Thames Estuary. The dramatic attempt to rescue her by the HMS Haslemere failed and she was pronounced missing, presumed killed.
Amy had lived her life for adventure and was passionate about the future of aviation. She was just 37 years old when she died but she had achieved great things. We meet Amy in a world of mixed memories, desires, wishes and ambitions. There's still so much she wants to do, and as she tells us about her life she sets about planning her ultimate dream adventure.
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View from the Top: Engineering the Future
27 March 2017 | London
Don't miss your chance to hear from Warren East CBE FREng, Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce, who will deliver our forthcoming View from the top lecture entitled 'Engineering the Future'
He will share the knowledge he has gained while working as a CEO for two different companies and his experience as an entrepreneur, moving from managing ARM to Rolls-Royce, as well as his involvement as a Fellow of the Academy.
Tickets cost £18.00 including VAT. For more information please contact the Events Team Email: events@raeng.org.ukPhone: 020 7766 0665
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Join CARE International for the 10km Race to Respond
1 July 2017 | Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
Has your team got what it takes to complete our 10km assault course? We'll be putting you through your paces as you spend the day in the shoes of a CARE aid worker, faced with the mental and physical challenges of an emergency disaster along the way. Growing out of the CARE Construction Challenge, we're excited to offer this brand new fundraising event for the construction, engineering and property sectors. There will be mud, sweat, and potentially tears, but this will undoubtedly be an unforgettable challenge for you and your team. We'd love to get more women in engineering involved in supporting CARE through the Race to Respond. Each team just needs four members raising £300 each to take part on the day. Your support can help CARE's real-life aid workers to respond to the world's biggest and baddest disasters by providing emergency food and shelter. So don't muck about and get your team involved!
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EU Women Innovators Prize 2017: The Finalists
Watch this video introducing the finalists of the EU Women Innovators Prize 2017 - impressive women entrepreneurs who have created outstanding innovations and brought them to market. For the first time, this edition will reward a new additional prize for young female entrepreneurs, the Rising Innovators Award.
Discover the 9 finalists for the EU prize for women Innovators 2017 and the 3 finalists for the new EU rising innovator awards. We will be announcing the winners in March 2017!
Read more here
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Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Among the many varied events to mark the WES Centenary in 2019 will be the publication of a book called Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines, which tells the fascinating story of Britain's early women engineers, including Caroline Haslett (pictured). The author is Henrietta Heald, whose biography of the great Victorian engineer William Armstrong, creator of the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity, was shortlisted for two literary prizes. Magnificent Women is being crowdfunded by the publishers Unbound.
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Channel 4 Casting Call for Hunted Show
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Attend an AECOM career evening
AECOM is one of our favourite engineering firms because their support for developing women's careers is exceptional. Register for one of their fabulous career events across the UK to learn more about the company, their innovative work and the wide range of exciting career opportunities..
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International Women's Day coincides with
National Apprentice Week
We can all encourage more women to choose apprenticeships and this year National Apprentice Week (6-10 March) coincides with International Women's Day (8 March). Visit the IWD website to see how you can run a #BeBoldForChange apprenticeship campaign. Where Women Work is a strong advocate for encouraging girls into apprenticeships and will be doing just this. Once seen as a male-dominated domain, women are increasingly seizing apprentice opportunities as "earn while you learn" career pathways with companies like GKN, AECOM, Thales, Arup, Schneider Electric and more.
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Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) 2017 Survey - Open Now!
Apprentices from across the UK are being encouraged to help shape the future of apprenticeships by contributing to the IAC's 2017 survey. Founded by EAL and supported by the Semta Group, the IAC is made up of young apprentices from all sectors.
The results of their survey will be presented in the Spring to the relevant ministers, MPs, stakeholders and policymakers to shape future apprenticeship advice, training and careers.
Please encourage your apprentices to take part and share their views by completing the short online survey. The closing date for responses is 10th March 2017.
Last year's report can be viewed here along with the IAC's 5 Point Plan that they have been driving forward this year.
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Take part in The Women's Sat Nav to Success Survey 2017
Extensive workplace and psychological research by The Women's Sat Nav to Success™ has identified the most powerful strategies for women's career success. The First Annual Women's Sat Nav to Success™ Survey, asks women to share their position on these strategies and to indicate how it impacts their engagement with their organisation as well as their career ambitions. These insights will provide employers and policy makers with a detailed picture of what they must focus on to finally deliver equal recognition, rewards and opportunities. The more women that take part, the more powerful and precise the recommendations for positive change can be.
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WISE Awards 2017 Nominations now open!
Nominations are now open for the WISE Awards 2017. There are ten categories recognising organisations and individuals who have gone above and beyond to champion gender diversity in STEM. This year you must nominate yourself for a WISE Award and cannot nominate someone else. Find all you need to know about the WISE Awards nomination criteria here. Deadline for nominations is Friday 23 June.
Think you deserve a WISE Award? What you waiting for!
NOMINATE NOW!
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IET Adds More Healthcare
Building on its portfolio of healthcare interests, the IET is strengthening its involvement in the sector by adding healthcare to its list of priorities for strategic engagement and partnerships with industry, academia and government. Complementing existing initiatives such as a thriving Healthcare Technologies Network and the online Healthcare Technology Letters research journal, the IET is bringing together a working group of expert volunteers to help deliver programmes of activity. Supported by Nury Moreira, the IET's recently appointed Healthcare Lead, the group's initial challenge is to identify and develop key issues and opportunities where the IET can make a difference.
If you have a professional interest or involvement in healthcare and would like to get find out more please get in touch by email NMoreira@theiet.org
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Channel 4 Casting Call for new Engineering Show
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Post Career Break Fellowship at CERN
CERN has launched a programme to offer full-time or part-time Fellowships to science and engineering graduates wishing to re-start their careers. This is an outstanding chance for you to update your knowledge and skills working for up to three years in an international environment at the forefront of research. Deadline to submit applications: 28 February 2017. Read more here
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National Park and AONB Conservation Board, Secretary of State Board Opportunities
Defra are looking for passionate and committed people who want to be involved in shaping the strategic direction of our National Park Authorities and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Conservation Boards. Do you have the knowledge and skills required to help resolve the unique issues each National Park and AONB face?
We will shortly launch a recruitment campaign to identify fourteen new Secretary of State appointed board members.
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