Sector news
May 22, 2019
Entry now open for the new Emerging Technology Award for those working with ground-breaking technology 2018 WISE Awards Winners WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in STEM, is calling for women who are working at the cutting edge of technology to enter its new Emerging Technology ...
May 14, 2019
WISE, the ERA Foundation, STEM Learning, the Design and Technology Association and The Smallpeice Trust, to coordinate school outreach programmes for greater impact WISE calls for employers, universities and Government to act now to re-train women to take up jobs in tech. A new partnership, STEM Accord, ...
Apr 03, 2019
As employers file their 2019 gender pay gap reports, WISE warns that some companies will report bigger gender pay gaps in comparison with their 2018 reports. These larger gaps could be an indication that companies are starting to take steps to improve the representation of women in ...
Mar 08, 2019
Female healthcare scientists are invited to apply for NHS England’s prestigious leadership development scheme, aimed at mid-career healthcare scientists to develop leaders and increase their impact within their Trusts and beyond. Led by NHS England’s Chief Scientific Officer, the CSOWISE Healthcare Science Leadership Development Programme for NHS ...
Mar 07, 2019
New ‘Amazon Amplify’ programme includes a series of initiatives, adding to existing broader company programmes Last year, Amazon partnered with WISE (the campaign for gender balance in science, technology & engineering) to conduct research and help build a roadmap for companies across the UK to improve gender diversity, with the ...
Feb 18, 2019
In 2018, the WISE Young Professionals’ Board ran an Essay Competition for 10-15 year olds to write 500 words on an inspirational woman, past or present, in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths. The WYPB liaised with a number of schools and we received a fantastic number of ...
Jan 23, 2019
Girls need to understand the difference a STEM career can have on society and see role models WISE launches online career resource to help it reach 200,000 girls Shortage of 173,400 STEM workers across the UK at a cost of £1.5bn per year As WISE, the campaign ...
Aug 16, 2018
WISE is delighted to see that the popularity of core STEM subjects at A level is soaring, especially amongst girls. Computing A-level, for example, was taken by 48% more girls in 2018 than in 2017. Despite the overall number of A Level entries across all subjects falling, ...
Jul 30, 2018
Gender pay gap reporting has been a catalyst for conversations within organisations and beyond about the participation of women in business. When WISE looked at the published data for our corporate members, we found huge variation. Companies have not reported consistently, some report in different entities and ...
