Research published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering indicates that the gender pay gap is smaller in the engineering profession than the UK employee average. The mean (10.8%) and median (11.4%) pay gap for engineers in the sample analysed is around two thirds the national average. Although the gap ...

WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in science, technology and engineering (STEM), is urging employers to implement returner and retraining schemes to speed up progress towards closing the gender gap in STEM, and in particular in technology and digital roles. There are now over 1 million women working in ...

1m women now work in core STEM roles 30% is critical mass towards sustainable representation Women represent just 16% of IT professionals; a ten-year trend Number of women in engineering has doubled to 50,000 in the same period Directors and boards need to be accountable and responsible for creating a ...

08 November 2019: WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in STEM, says women are shaping our future with their technological, scientific and engineering discoveries and inventions. However, the organisation highlights that more needs to be done to ensure that more women do not miss out on these opportunities. The ...

Amazon has launched Amazon Future Engineer in the UK to help close the computer science skills gap. Research shows that the UK needs 21,000 more computer science graduates every year, or the economy could lose out on an estimated £33 billion a year by 2030 (from research commissioned by Amazon ...

This week, WISE is proud to launch our new Ambassador programme. This establishes a network of inspirational, influential and diverse women working in science, technology and engineering, to influence their sector and to work together to promote gender balance at the highest levels within the UK. It will build real ...

The Office of the Chief Scientific Officer and WISE are pleased to announce the 32 successful women who will begin the 2019 CSOWISE Leadership Development programme. Building on the success of the CSO WISE Fellowship, this exciting new programme offers the opportunity to develop future female healthcare science leaders. This ...

Girls achieve more A* and A grades in physics and computing than boys despite reforms to A levels More science A Levels awarded to girls than boys for the first time Government and academia need to urgently address the lack of girls studying computer science WISE calls on employers and ...

Marking International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on Sunday 23 June, HS2 Ltd has produced a short film which subverts the stereotype of what an engineer looks like, challenging the out-dated masculine preconceptions of an industry that is rapidly becoming more gender-inclusive. The short film stars Clara Lenzi, a Project ...