GPG worse for women who are older, English or better paid
WISE has found concerning Gender Pay Gap (GPG) differentials between women over 40 and their younger colleagues; women in England compared with workers in Scotland and Northern Ireland; and higher […]
Funded STEM courses for teenagers promise career insight
Engineering charity, The Smallpiece Trust, has released details of new free or partially-funded residential, in-person and online courses for teenagers. The courses will provide hands-on activities to get young people […]
WISE welcomes the IET’s call for more engineering in schools
WISE welcomes the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) report released earlier this week calling for the UK government to introduce new measures to raise the profile of engineering and […]
WISE to pilot new leadership mentoring scheme
WISE has been given the green light to pilot a new Leadership Mentoring Scheme to start in first-quarter 2023. Mentors will receive a training workshop and a resource pack to […]
Cities Alive: Designing cities that work for women
How would the world look if it was designed around and for women? It would certainly be safer, and more inclusive. For a peek into such a world why not read this new blog by WISE […]
WISE Dynamic Regions CXO shines the spotlight on members’ regional projects
WISE’s Dynamic Regions CXO roundtable evolved an important industry conversation. Regional inequality has been a long-term concern for the UK, and as a UK-focused organisation, it has been an area […]
WISE Patron, HRH, The Princess Royal, celebrates 1 million women in STEM with WISE!
WISE Patron, HRH, The Princess Royal, joined WISE last week for an online celebration event In recognising the 1 million women now working in core STEM in the UK and […]
WISE Covid Unsung Heroes: Responsive Hero Award Finalists
Winner: Fiona Bennington, Product Design Engineer and Entrepreneur The judges were impressed with Fiona’s initiative in the early stages of the pandemic to create a consortium of local companies that […]
WISE Covid Unsung Heroes: D&I Award Finalists
Winner: Tolu Oke Global DEI Customer Engagement Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tolu stood out for a number of key reasons. Perhaps the most salient of these was that […]
WISE Covid Unsung Heroes: Data Solutions Award Finalists
Winner: Ming Tang is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer for NHS England and NHS Improvement Ming created the Covid Data store for NHS England and was a stand-out entry […]