Women’s Engineering Society

A charity and professional network of women engineers.
Our mission is to support women in engineering to fulfil their potential, and support the engineering industry to be inclusive.


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WES Latest News

  • WES Member attends Bloomsbury Book event

    Jennifer Veitch, WES Member was a guest at the book launch event for “Inspirational Women of Lambeth”. She was delighted to attend and has written the following about her experience: “I was captivated by the stories shared within its pages. The book beautifully weaves together the past, present, and future inspirational women from Lambeth, showcasing…

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  • WES attends the unveiling of a new, Verena Holmes portrait, with thanks to IMechE and talented artist Sally Ede-Golightly.

    WES was thrilled to attend IMechE’s centenary celebration of Verena Holmes, their first woman member, and one of our early members. Verena Holmes was WES President in 1930 and 1931 and played a pivotal role in advocating for women’s training and employment opportunities in engineering. The event, held at Birdcage Walk, was a profound tribute…

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  • WES Annual Conference Programme – out now and booking open

    The programme for the WES Annual Conference has now been released and is packed full of inspriational speakers including Multi-Award-winning, Author, Podcaster, and TEDx Speaker Dr Shina Somara, IET Young Engineer Of Year Titilola Oliyide, and Mark McBride, founder of Equal Engineers. Alongside opportunities to network with women engineers, there are talks on creating a…

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