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WES Lottie doll tour 2024 set to inspire the next generation of engineers

Published: 02/09/2024

The 2024 Women's Engineering Society (WES) Lottie Tour is now underway. The campaign is taking the ‘Lottie’ doll to various locations, where she is accompanied by different engineering professionals who demonstrate their work in engineering and related fields. Every year, engineering professionals are invited to "borrow" Lottie and share their experiences on social media using #WESLottieTour. …

New Apprenticeship levy launched

New Apprenticeship levy launched

Published: 06/04/2017

A new Apprenticeship levy has been launched as part of a skills shake up. It is designed to encourage employers to invest in high-quality Apprenticeships …

Apply for the Young Women of the Year Awards

Apply for the Young Women of the Year Awards

Published: 05/04/2017

Inspiring female engineers should enter the Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, which celebrate the best young women engineers in the UK across three prizes …

Sign up for the WES Annual Conference 2017

Sign up for the WES Annual Conference 2017

Published: 05/04/2017

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) will hold its Annual Conference in May, including guest speakers, interactive workshops, sessions on different topics and networking opportunities …

Review of UK engineering profession published

Review of UK engineering profession published

Published: 03/04/2017

A review of the UK engineering profession commissioned by three professional engineering institutions has been published …

Semta Skills Awards celebrate best of British engineering

Semta Skills Awards celebrate best of British engineering

Published: 23/03/2017

Winners of the Semta Skills Awards were announced across nine categories, including 23-year-old engineer Philippa Dressler-Pearson who scooped the overall Best of British Engineering award …

Hawley Award helped past winner boost her venture to reduce food waste

Hawley Award helped past winner boost her venture to reduce food waste

Published: 21/03/2017

As 2017 Hawley Award dealine looms near, on Tuesday 18 April 2017, last year's winner Solveiga Pakštaitė talks of how important the £5,000 prize was for her project Bump Mark …

Free recruitment fair for engineering and construction professionals

Free recruitment fair for engineering and construction professionals

Published: 20/03/2017

The National Engineering and Construction Recruitment Exhibition is taking place from 31 March and 1 April at the NEC in Birmingham …

Rise in number of professionally registered women engineers and technicians, according to Engineering Council report

Rise in number of professionally registered women engineers and technicians, according to Engineering Council report

Published: 16/03/2017

The Engineering Council’s Annual Registration Statistics Report shows that the number of women who became professionally registered last year increased by over 19% compared to 2015, with women representing almost 11% (1,072) of all new registrations in 2016 …

Nominations open for top 50 women in engineering

Nominations open for top 50 women in engineering

Published: 15/03/2017

The Telegraph has opened for nominations to find the Top 50 Women in Engineering. The list, supported by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), will be published to coincide with the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on 23 June …

EngineeringUK Chief Executive to step down

EngineeringUK Chief Executive to step down

Published: 13/03/2017

The Chief Executive of EngineeringUK, Paul Jackson, has decided to step down after eight years in the role and will leave the organisation in July 2017 …