21st November 2019 - 23rd November 2019
SHE - a celebration of women engineers (theatre production)
SHE: a theatre production from University of Leeds students celebrating the history of women in engineering.
Past events
8th November 2019 - 9th November 2019
WES Student Conference
The WES Student Conference takes place Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November at Warwick University.
Click here for more information and to book. If you have any questions about the event please contact Jo.Weaver@wes.org.uk and if you are interested in sponsoring the Conference please contact Partners@wes.org.uk.
6th November 2019
Succeeding in STEM
Open University, Milton Keynes
Come and hear a lively panel discussion featuring three women from the Open University’s STEM Faculty who have recently been promoted to professor. With Professor Josie Fraser in the chair, our panellists, Sally Jordan, Clem Herman and Carol Morris, will talk about their unique and somewhat unconventional career paths. They will discuss all things women and STEM, including top tips for success, how to overcome stereotype threat and imposter syndrome, and their vision of the future for women and STEM at the OU.
6th November 2019
100 Years of Women in Engineering - Scottish Transport & Industrial Collections Knowledge Network Annual Conference
Conference celebrating 100 years of WES and women in engineering. Speakers will celebrate the successes of women in engineering both past and present, explore the challenges around telling these stories and engage in the debate. At Glasgow Women's Library
6th November 2019 - 7th November 2019
Highways UK
WES is an official Supporter of the Highways UK 2019 event 6 - 7 November at the NEC in Birmingham. This is the flagship event for and about roads for a modern connected Britain.
From ‘Big Thinking’ conference sessions, to keynote addresses from senior personalities, to more focused industry briefings, to innovation showcases and competitions; add to this an energetic and optimistic vibe, 200 exhibitors and that it is FREE to attend, Highways UK represents a compelling visit. See What’s On here.
1st November 2019
FREE TALK: Electrifying Women: Understanding the long history of women in engineering
Why and by whom was the UK’s Women’s Engineering Society founded in 1919 – the first such society in the world? How has this Society survived to its centenary? Dr Liz Bruton and Prof Graeme Gooday at Merton College, Oxford
30th October 2019
The Graduate Engineer Show / The Apprentice Engineer Show
The event, held at the award-winning Roundhouse in Derby, builds on the success of the well-established, The Graduate Engineer Show and welcomes the UK’s most prestigious employers as exhibitors, including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, BAE Systems, Toyota, Thales, The Army, The RAF, Hitachi Rail Europe and many, many more who are looking for their next generation of engineering talent.
There will be lots of fun things to do on the day including simulators, a virtual reality zone, competitions and a packed presentation agenda.
30th October 2019
Caroline Haslett Lecture and Awards Ceremony
The event will take place the evening of Wednesday 30 October in central London.
This year we are honoured to have Dr Anne Stevens take the lecture; one of the most prestigious and highest-ranking female engineers in the world.
29th October 2019
Nanomaterials: from bench to bedside
The Royal Society, London, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
19th October 2019
One Hundredth WES AGM
The One Hundredth Annual General Meeting of the Women's Engineering Society will be held at the Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ on Saturday 19 October 2019 at 14:00 hrs.
Only fully paid up Members can attend. Please inform Cath Heslop at info@wes.org.uk if you are planning to attend.