WES Awards
Amy Johnson Inspirational Award
The Amy Johnson Inspiration Award, launched in 2016, honours an individual not currently working as an engineer or within the applied sciences who has made a truly remarkable achievement in furthering diversity within these fields. The 2022 winner was Natasha Kelly.
Applications are now open and close on the 22 September
To find our more details of the award including previous winners and how to apply visit
Gillian Skinner Award
WES can make up to two awards annually in memory of former Member Gillian Skinner.
The recipients could be women or men – individuals who help nationally or in their local cluster. Anybody who makes a contribution to WES is eligible, they could be working, retired, on a career break, students, Cluster Contacts, members of a board… Their help could be brief (e.g. at conference) or steadily over a long time.
Isabel Hardwich Medal
The Isabel Hardwich Medal is awarded to a WES Member who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the Women’s Engineering Society over a number of years and gone above and beyond the call of duty.
Men as Allies Award
The Men As Allies Award seeks to celebrate a male engineer, or professional male working within the engineering, technical and applied sciences sectors, who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to support his female colleagues, and address the gender imbalance within engineering and applied sciences in general. The 2022 winner was Stephen Gill.
Applications are now open and close on the 22 September
To find our more details of the award including previous winners and how to apply visit
The WES Prize
The Women’s Engineering Society Prize is awarded to a young female engineer who is able to engage and inspire young people’s involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and is awarded at the Young Woman Engineer Awards in London organised by the IET.
The 2022 winner was Eneni Bambara-Abban
Full details of the WES prize including previous winners are available here.
Karen Burt Memorial Award
The Karen Burt Memorial Award is for the best newly qualified chartered engineer.
The 2022 winner was Dr Emma Walton.
Find out more details about Karen Burt, the award, previous winners and how to apply here:
WES Awards rewarding Members who have gone above and beyond.
The Isabel Hardwich Medal is presented to WES members who have made an outstanding contribution above the call of duty to the Society over a sustained period.
The Gillian Skinner Award recognises "behind the scenes" contributions to WES by volunteers.
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