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 ...

With its latest research showing that improving the ratio of women to men in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) innovation by just 1% has the potential to increase company revenues in that sector by over £300 million per annum, WISE is in search of organisations and individuals who are ...

Entry now open for the new Emerging Technology Award for those working with ground-breaking technology 2018 WISE Awards Winners WISE, the campaign for greater gender balance in STEM, is calling for women who are working at the cutting edge of technology to enter its new Emerging Technology Award, part of ...

WISE, the ERA Foundation, STEM Learning, the Design and Technology Association and The Smallpeice Trust, to coordinate school outreach programmes for greater impact WISE calls for employers, universities and Government to act now to re-train women to take up jobs in tech. A new partnership, STEM Accord, created to provide ...