How Tackling Gender Diversity Will Supercharge STEM Innovation
WISE CEO Kay Hussain addressed the crowd at the UKSPA Summer Conference in York – highlighting the importance of embracing talented women in science and innovation. Senior leaders, managers, developers, […]
Amazing Historical Engineering Contributions by British Women
Despite facing enormous barriers through the ages, women have repeatedly gone against the tide and made their mark in engineering. This National Engineering Day, we take a look at some […]
Girls on Track: How F1 in Schools Drives Improved Gender Balance
Historically, there was “no place for women” in Formula 1. Not as drivers, engineers or arguably even fans. Vanessa Lau of Bumblebee Racing offers her insights on how more women […]
WISE Young Professionals’ Board: The Leavers’ Highlights 2023
These outstanding young professionals may be moving onto new and exciting roles, but the lessons they learned on the WISE Young Professionals’ Board will stay with them for life. They […]
Closing the STEM Gap: New Report Offers Practical Steps
WISE Member and world-leading business consulting organisation PA Consulting has released an insightful new report, focused on practical and achievable ways to improve gender diversity in your business. The report, […]
Empowering Your Neurodivergent Workforce in 2024
Two neurodivergent WISE employees speak out about their conditions, and how important it is for employers to have an inclusive workforce in 2024… Around 20% of people in the UK […]
Endometriosis: How to Help as an Employer
If you employ more than ten women in your business, one of them probably suffers from Endometriosis. And yet over half of us don’t know what it is. Isn’t it […]
WISE Conference 2023 Competition T&C’s
Competition Terms & Conditions Introduction By participating in the competition you are agreeing to the competition terms and conditions. The competition is being run by WISE and is in no […]
A thank you to Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert
WISE would like to thank Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, the esteemed vaccinologist who co-developed the AstraZeneca vaccine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, for donating $10,000 to WISE as her […]
Let’s look at the impact of ‘privilege’ at work
Here, Ishreen Bradley, founder of Belonging Pioneers, explores the ways in which privilege might show up in the workplace: Over the last few months our team at Belonging Pioneers have […]