Women in Tech
Championing the women of STEM
As we very recently celebrated International Women’s Day, there is no better time to sing the praises of an incredible lady in the technology industry - Sudha Mani, a business technology speaker, STEM ambassador and tech and digital entrepreneur. Anna Flockett reports.
Women needed in STEM to unlock defence innovation
The latest instalment of the DSEI Defence Leaders Webinars was centred the building and retention of a diverse and talented workforce and was hosted once again by Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Gary Waterfall, Senior Defence Adviser for Clarion Defence and Security.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), a day when countries all over the world celebrate the achievements of women. IWD has been observed since the early 1900s and each year the organisers choose a new theme as a banner under which they can unify the direction of everyone’s efforts and help raise awareness. This year’s theme is 'Choose to Challenge' and we can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias a...
Opportunities for female engineers of tomorrow
According to statistics published by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), a mere 12.37% of all engineers in the UK are female. While it’s no secret that engineering has historically been a male-dominated industry, leading multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Dice is challenging the stereotype and providing opportunities to encourage more women to enter the profession.
International Women's Day: Leading women at RingGo
Today, 8th March 2021, marks International Women’s Day and the theme for 2021 is 'Choose to Challenge', so we sought to speak to some of the inspiring women that work within RingGo to discuss the challenges they have chosen to overcome.
International Women's Day (IWD) 2021
Can you believe that in just a few weeks it is International Women’s Day again? It has come around quickly, considering the year we have had. Looking back to this time last year, little did we know what challenges we had ahead of us. So, with not much to look forward to at the moment, a celebration for an exceptionally good focal point is needed. Anna Flockett reports.
Gender roles regressing according to women in tech
Gender roles have been set back significantly since the COVID crisis began, stated 57% of respondents to a new survey of the UK women in tech industry released ahead of International Women's Day on Monday 8th March.
Meet the Rolls-Royce Engineer helping women secure roles in STEM
Executive recruitment across the country’s leading STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) organisations is changing. One woman is acting as a major driving force behind this change. Former Rolls-Royce Engineering Programme Manager, and AstraZeneca Systems Engineer, Foram Brown, is working with top STEM corporations to design and implement new leadership and executive search solutions to improve professional opportunities f...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021
The last 12 months have hit the working population hard, with UK redundancies tripling in the final quarter of 2020 compared to quarter one, and 3.9 million people on furlough schemes as recently as December 2020. As the STEM sector celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday 11th February, we get the lowdown on why she 19-year-old Abby Clark from Crook in County Durham, opted for an apprentice course in Applied Science...
Season 2 - Episode #3 - NI rolls out 10 year sustainability and diversity strategy
Earlier this week NI launched an ambitious corporate impact strategy to make good on their new company identity and its promise to 'Engineer Ambitiously'. In a drive to make the company, and its impact on the world, more diverse, equitable and inclusive, NI is committing to 15 goals including: