Research by WISE, released at their annual conference today, estimates that only 9% of patents filed in the UK are by women, compared to a global average of 30%. WISE is calling for a paradigm shift in attitudes to women in science, engineering and technology to ensure that women are ...

While welcoming the Government’s commitment to invest in science, research and innovation, the Leeds based WISE is calling for a paradigm shift in attitudes to women in science, engineering and technology. The call comes ahead of the WISE 2018 conference taking place on the Wednesday 9th May at Media City, Salford, which ...

WISE Chief Executive, Helen Wollaston FRSA, has presented the Royal Navy with their certificate of annual membership during the Year of Engineering. At the recent Royal Navy Engineering Challenge at HMS Sultan in Gosport, Commodore Andrew Cree accepted the certificate on behalf of the Royal Navy and celebrated the event ...

Wesleyan, the specialist financial services mutual, has celebrated International Women’s Day by announcing a five-year membership commitment to WISE. Wesleyan will work with WISE to ensure it retains a focus on the recruitment, retention and development of women. Caroline Hill, Wesleyan’s Director of HR & Corporate Services: “We want to ...

HRH The Princess Royal, Royal Patron of WISE, was part of a winning team to programme an all-conquering robot at the WISE Awards dinner celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology and engineering at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London last week. The Princess Royal coded a micro:bit to play ...

A former Royal Navy engineer, a science toy and an entrepreneur using technology to help GPs pick up early signs of cancer were among winners at tonight’s WISE Awards The Awards which recognised the outstanding contributions of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at a glittering ceremony in ...

Following a successful first year, NHS England has announced four new candidates for the 2017 Chief Scientific Officer’s (CSO) WISE Fellowship starting in September 2017. The programme launched in conjunction with International Women’s Day last year, attracted over 50 applications from female healthcare scientists who will act as role models ...

More than 64,000 girls could be future engineers This year 64,657 girls passed their physics GCSE, with nearly 30,000 of these achieving the top grades (A or above). Physics is a core requirement for engineering and an entry point for many other STEM qualifications, yet based on last week’s A level ...

STEM subjects are gaining in popularity at A-level with a 1.9% increase in entrants, even though the overall number of entrants across all subjects fell. This means an additional 2073 female entrants in STEM subjects in 2017. There is a mixed message in terms of the number of girls studying ...