New research on working parents
STEM industries have skills shortages; nine in ten STEM employers are finding it hard to recruit people with the right skills and it’s costing them £1.5bn each year. Given that, […]
Katherine Watson – Knowledge and Impact Manager
Katherine joined WISE in May 2018. Since joining, Katherine has held a variety of roles in the team – leading on the delivery of our outreach tool My Skills My […]
Gender, Disability and Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting at Brunel
By Dr Jenny Cook, Equality Data Analyst, Brunel University London Universities are facing challenges in addressing pay gaps. Data collected for the gender pay gap shows that as a sector […]
Diversity and Inclusion through the lenses of Artificial Intelligence
Diversity and Inclusion Through the Lenses of Artificial Intelligence WISE Young Professionals’ Board Member, Frida Nzaba discusses the importance of having diversity and inclusion in robotics and AI to ensure […]
How do you ChooseToChallenge?
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and it seems that every year we have more and more things to […]
How to improve STEM workplace culture
Josiah O’Brien from the WISE Young Professionals’ Board looks at things we can all do to create workspaces where everyone feels welcome. In the small village of Bramley stands St. James’ […]
Coaching and mentoring, aren’t they the same thing?
By WISE Young Professional Board Member, Nadia Earl No, they are not the same. They are in fact quite different. Read on to understand how each of these might help […]
Ad astra per diversitatem
By WISE Young Professionals’ Board member, Abigail Seager, BBC, Senior Systems Engineer with writing and editorial help from Vicky Jewell. What do you want to be when you grow up? […]
A tale of hope
Gisela Rossi from the WISE Young Professionals’ Board discusses her volunteer role as a coding mentor to children and interviews Isabella, one of the girls she mentors. In 2016 I started to […]
Treat your gender pay gap report as an opportunity
The gender pay gap regulations have brought “unparalleled transparency”, Minister for Women Victoria Adams told a packed room at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s annual diversity and inclusion conference on […]