University Groups Board

The WES University Groups Board (UGB) is made up of representatives of WES Affiliated University Student Groups from across the country. Chaired by Helena Dodd (ugb@wes.org.uk), the group meets quarterly to share best practice, aid networking and provide valuable feedback to WES on issues relevant to women engineering students.

They self-motivate, self-organise and self-deliver their own projects which have included articles for the newsletter, members area content and the INWED University Poster Competition. The board sits for a minimum of 1 year, with the formal change over at the start of the academic year.

Contacting the Board

To consult, offer opportunities, collaborate with the board or all other enquiries please email the Chair at ugb@wes.org.uk.

If you are interested in joining the group, email membership@wes.org.uk

Meet the Board

Anika Amin

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Simran Basra

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Erin Carr

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Helena Dodd

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Juliette Goddard

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Jodie Grace-Smith

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Samantha Middleton

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Olamide Olabode

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Sarah Seeruthun

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Natalie Tang

My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

Catriona Wall

Toni McLaughlin

Hi! My name is Toni McLaughlin. I am in my fifth (and final!) year studying an MEng in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Glasgow. Currently I am based in Bristol working for GKN Aerospace on my industrially sponsored Masters’ Project.

I am passionate about ethical and environmentally conscious engineering methods to ensure global responsibility is at the forefront of all engineering practices and hope to follow the path of aviation propulsion design – taking a sustainable approach to better the planet we live on.

Additionally, I hope to play a small role in encouraging females to pursue their passions especially within the field of engineering and therefore have been involved with the WES affiliated society at my university, FemEng during the entirety of my university career and I am honoured to be continuing as Chair of the WES UGB (University Groups Board) for a second year.

My goals for this year are to continue to build on the great relationships between all of the boards (the ECB and APB), and collaborate and support each other whether that is promoting or attending each others’ events. I am also keen to enable ‘safe-spaces’ for the board members to speak freely and support our members, but also share knowledge and experiences between more experienced WES affiliated societies and newly established societies – aiding committee members but also general members of the societies.

Jenna Seetohul

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