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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Apr 29, 2019
How does the gender gap in STEM leadership compare between academia and industry? And what is the OU doing to encourage women to take up Higher Education at every stage of their lives? Read the blog by Professor Josie A Fraser…. And hear her speak at our ...
Apr 29, 2019
Gina Rippon explores the Gender-Equality paradox. This refers to data demonstrating that, in those countries where the national gender equality gap is narrowest, we find the largest STEM gender gaps in secondary and tertiary education. Why is this and what does it show us? Gina will be ...
Apr 16, 2019
Our Conference on May 14th looks at the skills mix needed ahead in STEM, and how to ensure that women can be central to this opportunity. Here one of our speakers, Patrick White, explains the research he has been involved in, looking at STEM graduates and which ...
Apr 05, 2019
Most of us are now well used to hearing messages about the ways in which artificial intelligence and robotics are taking us toward an ever more automated future. What is now referred to as the ‘4th Industrial Revolution’ brings with it both challenges, but also exciting opportunities ...
Mar 26, 2019
Technology is transforming every aspect of our lives – as one of our members said to me last year, he could attend a different event or read a new report on digitalisation and the future of work every day of the week. What is not so readily ...
Mar 21, 2019
Fiona McDonnell, Director, Consumer Retail, Amazon The contributions of women to technology are frequently left out of history books. During the Second World War and up until the mid-60s, women were well-represented and were the largest trained technical workforce of the computing industry. However, today women make ...
