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Published: 03/03/2021
Seventy-five members of Coding Black Females (CBF) have joined BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in a move to create more visible role models for women working in the industry. Black women make up less than 1% of the IT industry according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS); overall, 20% of the industry’s workforce is female. …
Published: 07/02/2021
Nominations have now closed for the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards (WE50), run by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). This annual event invited nominations from the general public, before an expert panel selects this year’s top 50. The awards ceremony will take place virtually on International Women in Engineering DAY (INWED), 23 June. …
Published: 28/01/2021
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and the Science Council are pleased to launch the Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework 2.0, new and updated for 2021. …
Published: 02/10/2020
Research from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) shows that engineers who feel included at work show increased motivation, performance, and commitment to their organisation. RAEng has produced a series of workshop resources specifically for engineering companies to help create an inclusive culture where all members of the team feel valued. The team workshop series is made up of free downloadable workshop exercises, created by inclusion specialists. Each workshop is around 60 minutes long, …
Published: 23/06/2020
Today Women in Engineering (WES) published its list of the Top 50 Women in Engineering 2020. Of these ground-breaking engineers, 21 are registrants, including Engineering Council Trustee Jo Parker MBE CEng FIWater MICE. …
Published: 29/05/2020
For the first time there are over one million women working in core STEM roles across the UK. The WISE Campaign (Women in Science and Engineering) is celebrating this milestone by encouraging women in STEM to add their faces and stories to the #1ofTheMillion campaign. On Wednesday 10 June WISE will launch a campaign, using these stories, to inspire more women to join the industry. …
Published: 30/01/2020
The proportion of 16-19 year olds who would consider a career in engineering has increased significantly since 2016 …
Published: 30/01/2020
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has commissioned research to better understand the gender pay gap specific to engineering roles in the UK. …
Published: 13/01/2020
The Chair, trustees and staff of the Engineering Council would like to congratulate registrants on their recognition in the 2020 New Year's Honours List. …
Published: 30/10/2019
The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Mandy Lester MPhys CEng MIChemE on winning the Karen Burt Memorial Award. The annual award from the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) recognises a woman who has recently achieved the status of Chartered Engineer (CEng) and demonstrates both excellence and potential in engineering, applied science and IT. …