WISE Young Women’s Board member Narmeen Rehman on the WISE Celebration of Talented Women in Wales Conference There are a few strange things about today: firstly, we’re in Wales, in a packed out parliamentary building (the Senedd) to discuss women in STEM. Secondly, the sun is shining. Reminder: we’re in ...

Engineering runs through my blood, with the very definition supplied by Google totally summing me up! “The action of working artfully with science, mathematics and technology; to bring something about.” Rather like the cliché, I too have always been interested in how things work, their intrinsic parts and solving problems!  ...

Still a need for significant change In the late 1960s my original motivation to become a professional engineer was to use my technical skills in maths and physics in a creative way to make a positive difference to the way people lived and to their quality of life. I didn’t ...

The ‘light bulb’ moment Being able to make a light bulb work on the WISE bus opened up my eyes to the world of engineering and made me realise that engineers were tasked with designing, making and improving the world we live in. Without engineers the world we live in would be ...

Engineering: a passport to travel Engineering and travelling the world. Not a combination I thought possible when growing up. I guess like many young person’s idea of engineering, I thought it would solely involve getting my hands dirty, working on engines, or laying bricks….How very wrong! Growing up Unsurprisingly, I ...

Encouragement and Influence I had a number of influences that led me to a career in engineering. Both at school and at home, I was always encouraged to do what I was interested in, and there was no expectation that girls would not take science and technical subjects. For example, ...

Recent news | 2016 | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters Left to right: Dr Alan Titchmarsh, Chancellor; Dr Sarah House; Professor Joy Carter, Vice-Chancellor; Professor Elizabeth Stuart, First Deputy Vice-Chancellor; University of Winchester In 2016, Sarah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (DLitt) by the University of Winchester ...