Current and upcoming WES events
1st January 2019 - 31st December 2019
WES Centenary
In 2019 WES will be 100 years old: we will be celebrating the present, remembering the past and changing the future. To find out more, go to the WES Centenary page.
16th September 2019
Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage & Education Centre
On entering their 1901 building you can experience Lloyd’s Register’s heritage brought to life through costumed characters, finds from our archive, an interactive exhibition ‘From Coffee to Seaweed’, and try being a virtual reality ship surveyor!
17th September 2019
Electrifying Women archives workshop
A workshop looking at primary sources from the Leeds Special Collections relating to the history of women in engineering. FREE Part of the Electrifying Women project and Heritage Open Days
19th September 2019
Wentworth Woodhouse: Women in Engineering
Wentworth Woodhouse: Women in Engineering
Come and explore the exciting reality of engineering in heritage regeneration at Wentworth Woodhouse - 'the UK's largest restoration project' (BBC, 2018). FREE
21st September 2019
Electrifying Women - A WES Wikithon
Join the Women’s Engineering Society, University of Leeds and Heritage Open Days at the The Women’s Library, London School of Economics to edit and add information about historical women engineers to Wikipedia. Training and historical resources will be provided.
21st September 2019
Miss Jeanie Dicks Flicks the Switch - the woman who electrified Winchester Cathedral
In 1934 Miss Jeanie Dicks managed the first electrification of Winchester Cathedral. A "girl engineer" (in her 40s) was unusual and press worthy at the time, but she has since been forgotten. Find out more today with curator Ceryl Evans. Part of Heritage Open Days
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 paid up Members can attend. Please inform Cath Heslop at info@wes.org.uk if you are planning to attend.
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.
8th November 2019 - 9th November 2019
WES Student Conference
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The WES Student Conference takes place Friday 8 - Saturday 9 November at Warwick University.
More information will be published shortly, however 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.