Sep 05, 2019
Emily Teesdale, a Patent Attorney with WISE member Abel + Imray, talks patents, aerospace, and what she is doing to help increase gender balance and diversity in her field. IP stands for Intellectual Property and means anything that might be worth something, but where the valuable bit is more of ...
Sep 03, 2019
By Professor Anne McMunn, Head of the Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at UCL A recent international report suggests men need to increase their time spent doing unpaid care work by a minimum of 50 minutes per day in order to do 50 per cent of the work. The report calls ...
Aug 21, 2019
By Helen Townend, Technical Director, Amey Consulting and Rail Bin the 9 to 5! In a recent interview, I was asked by a young dad if, were he successful, would it be possible to leave early one day a week due to childcare issues. My immediate response was “Of course”. ...
Aug 20, 2019
by WISE Young Professionals’ Board Member, Hazel Atkins, BMT, Consultant Though reverse mentoring was first popularised in 1999 it has only recently entered my universe when a colleague suggested I join the scheme at work. My first thought was ME!? Mentor someone in senior management… GREAT, I’ll be amazing at ...
Jul 25, 2019
By Hannah Richardson, Head of Marketing at WISE members, First Recruitment Group. With women accounting for only 13% of engineers and 22% of overall core STEM roles, there is still a lot of work to be done in reaching a more gender balanced workplace. Working with clients in the Energy sector, ...
Jul 15, 2019
By Frida Nzaba (WISE YPB) Martin Luther King Jnr once said, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle”. This is why the WISE Campaign will continue to encourage key players, role models, real models and organisations to spend more time and resources ...
Jun 12, 2019
2018 WISE Technician Award winner Alison Dolling, talks about why sometimes she feels she doesn’t deserve the accolade and why the WISE Awards (and other Awards like them) can help build confidence and help us fight imposter syndrome. I’m sure I’m not special in fact I know I’m not. I feel, ...
May 02, 2019
WISE Conference 2019, headline speaker Aimee van Wynsberghe, talks about the importance of capturing the crucial role women play in the future of robotics. Only a limited amount of tickets are still available to hear Aimme talk in person, on 14th May, London, don’t miss out! Aimee van Wynsberghe In 1949 Simone ...
