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NMITE Research Story: '‘Covid Effect’ on attitudes towards undergraduate study & employers' requirements for graduate skills 

McLaren Racing is pioneering a strategic alliance with four expert partners to drive forward a programme of collaborative initiatives to diversify talent in motorsport. 

The four partners are: Women’s Engineering Society (WES); EqualEngineers; The Smallpeice Trust; and Creative Access. 

The alliance, known as McLaren Racing Engage, will advance the team’s diversity, equality and inclusion agenda as part of its broader sustainability programme, including its commitment to F1’s WeRaceAsOne platform.  

Watch ITV News story here on one of WES' early pioneers, Dorothée Pullinger, as the Devil's Porridge Museum in Scotland, launches their new exhibition. 

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Monday 15 March marks 100 days until International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), on 23 June 2021. To celebrate this milestone, we’re launching the 2021 INWED selfie cards.

Costa Express is excited to share the news of our partnership with the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), which will help us take the next step in how we can inspire more women to consider a career in engineering.

Registration is now open for the next WES Virtual Annual Conference: Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 April 2021. 

WE50 Nominations now open until noon Wednesday 17 March 2021!

#INWED21 #EngineeringHeroes

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) is pleased to announce that the theme of this year’s International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), 23 June 2021, will be ‘Engineering Heroes’.

INWED is only made possible through sponsorship and in 2021 we are delighted to announce the following organisations are providing their support: Boeing, Cranfield University, Dornan Engineering, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), GCHQ, Institute of Refrigeration, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, OPITO, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Air Force and V12 Footwear.