Fabulous to see the surge in girls getting A-levels in computing and physics and coming through with flying colours.
Girls enthused from their participation in the WISE Residential at RAF Cosford will look to the WISE site for their next move. Send us details of opportunities you can offer to nurture their interest in science, engineering and technology.
Congratulations to the impressive finalists for this year’s WISE Awards – we will share your stories to show girls and their families that STEM subjects open up opportunities to do some amazing things, and to show organisations what can be achieved when you put your mind to making a real difference.
Ruth Blanco joined us last month as our new Communications Director.
“One thing I love about my new role at WISE is that my daughters, aged 8 and 4, understand exactly what it is we do and why we do it. This is a very exciting time for women in STEM, and I’m delighted to join the team at WISE as we work together to make real change happen. The passion and drive I’ve seen from the WISE team, our members and partners has been inspiring, and I look forward to meeting and working with more of you as we work on improving the gender balance in STEM simply because it benefits everyone.”
More August WISE News
Analysis of A Level Core STEM Entrants and Results by Girls
#WISEstats
There has been a 4% increase in girls taking STEM subjects, meaning over 5,000 more girls are taking STEM, compared to an increase of only 0.65% for boys...
Women in Innovation Research - Your chance to influence the future
Sponsored by Amazon
We are calling on all of the fantastic female innovators and entrepreneurs in our network to help with the latest WISE research project which is exploring the barriers and enablers to careers in innovative STEM roles.
WISE Awards shortlist released!
We are thrilled to announce our finalists for the 2018 WISE Awards. The nominations submitted have been outstanding across all 10 categories, our judging panel had a tough time deciding the finalists due to the number of high-quality entrants.
Welcome New WISE members
Canary Wharf Group plc, Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure, Darktrace and NATS.
Tim Peake joins mission to inspire future engineers
Last month, WISE People Like Me reps were thrilled to meet the astronaut Tim Peake at Farnborough Airshow. WISE attended the event to showcase the NEW People Like Me 'Careers in The Space Sector' pack.
WISE Webinar: Mentoring & Coaching
WISE members Skills 4, Atkins and SSE, along with the CSO WISE Fellow 2016-17, will be sharing best practices on sponsoring female talent on 26 September. The webinar is for employees WISE member companies and organisations only.
WISE Leading and Managing Diverse Teams Course
Siemens UK, Thursday 13th September
Leading and Managing Diverse Teams is an engaging and impactful one-day workshop which generates mindset shifts and immediate changes in behaviour to support positive development on a personal and organisational level.
Join the WISE Board
Non-Executive Director
Play an important part in shaping strategy and processes, helping us to develop a sustainable business to make faster progress towards our vision of gender balance in science, technology and engineering in the UK, from the classroom to the boardroom.
WISE 2017-2018 Annual Report
'Deeds, not Words'
Catch up on some of our key achievements from the past year, in the 2017-2018 WISE Annual Report which was published last month.
Measuring Progress
Ten Steps Event
This invitation-only annual event for WISE Ten Steps signatories, will take place on 19 October and will be hosted by Mace in London. The event gives practitioners from signatory organisations the chance to complete their diagnostic and share in benchmarking and insight sharing. The deadline for completion and return of diagnostics is 28 September.
Bridging The Gender Gap In STEM
Research survey wants t o hear from you!
The report by Forward Ladies sets out to answer, why is there such an imbalance in the STEM workforce, what are the barriers to greater diversity and who is leading the charge to redress the balance.