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Canterbury Christ Church University will host a new hub for the south east to bridge the gap between business, industry and education to inspire women and girls to take up Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers. Building on the work of the University’s Kent and Medway Engineering, Design, Growth ...

With women representing just 17% of IT professionals, a figure that has remained stubbornly low for the last decade, WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in STEM, is launching an investigation into the routes into technology careers. The organisation is inviting people working at all levels of the technology ...

WISE believes that greater equality is essential to achieve greater sustainability. The campaign for greater gender diversity in STEM, is calling on employers to build flexibility into the DNA of their policies to create different routes into STEM roles. The call came on the first of WISE’s two-day virtual conference; ...

WISE Patron, HRH, The Princess Royal, joined WISE last week for an online celebration event In recognising the 1 million women now working in core STEM in the UK and our incredible WISE 20. We are thrilled that The Princess Royal was able to join us to celebrate this milestone. In attendance were WISE 20 role models, ...

We are delighted to introduce Kay Hussain, our new Chief Executive of WISE. Kay joins WISE from her previous role as a Managing Director in the Pharmaceutical industry. Having started her career as a scientist, Kay now has 17 years of leadership experience in STEM based organisations. Trudy Norris-Grey, Chair ...

WISE and publishers Harper Collins Big Cat are looking for expert reviewers for the next series of the popular Tara and Dani Binns books. Help children discover the exciting, fast-paced adventures of Tara and Dani Binns as they explore different STEM careers. These books broaden horizons and promote the value ...

BAM Nuttall is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with inclusion change-makers WISE. This partnership strengthens BAM Nuttall’s existing relationship with WISE and our commitment to gender parity. BAM’s relationship with WISE has positively influenced our business ambitions and plans, supporting gender diversity, and implementing the Ten Steps model. Our ...

As part of our 1 of the Million campaign and in celebration of 20 years of patronage by HRH The Princess Royal, we are excited to announce the WISE 20. We’ve looked back over our previous WISE Award Winners of the last 20 years and have chosen 20 to represent ...

We are delighted to announce that the Tara Binns reading books, published by Collins in partnership with WISE, has been named as the 3-star winner in the STEM category of the Teach Primary awards 2020. Written by author Lisa Rajan, the books offer an accessible, exciting, and engaging way to ...