WES Blogs including the President's Blogs and Other Articles

WES Blogs including the President's Blogs
From time to time, blogs by the WES President and WES members and supporters on their week or their views are added here. If you would like to contribute or make any suggestions, please email Jacqui Hawkes at jacqui.hawkes@wes.org.uk.

Who was Maude Dickinson and what was her "New Activity" all about? by Helen Close Jan 2021
The Future of Engineering Education by Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon Dec 2020
Regenerating engineering education by Dr Pamela Dugdale Nov 2020
The female engineer blog website by Emilie Weaving Nov 2020
Embracing a Collaborative Approach to Achieve Net-Zero Goals by Polly Osborne Nov 2020
Shape the World by Influencing Inclusion by Alex Mather, WES Tyne and Tees 2020
How to take your first steps as a media-spokesperson by Elaine Cobb April 2019
Why rebranding STEM to STEAM can help towards a #BalanceForBetter by Brogan MacDonald April 2019
The Long View: Elon Musk and Brunel by Alexandra Knight, January 2019
Shared parental leave - what's to be improved? by Adriana Vargas-Colwill and Carolina Escudero November 2018
LIGHTS ON - Electrifying Ralakung, one of the remotest Himalayan villages by Carolina Escudero Concha, October 2018
Women in STEM Leadership: Do you want to have more influence at work? by Victoria Barbour-Smith, September 2018
Celebrating Women in Engineering event by She Can Engineer by Carolina Escurdero, July 2018
Let’s not wait a 100 years to close the gender pay gap by Carolina Escudero and Nausheen Basha May 2018
Options Far Beyond Gender-Based Toys by Nausheen Basha and Carolina Escudero April 2018
International Day of Women and Girls in Science – The importance of role models February 2018
Lottie on Tour with Christine Brown, November 2017
Q&A Kirsten Bodley Materials World Magazine, November 2017
When and how should we promote engineering careers to young females? by Huw Jones of Gattaca PLC, September 2017
A-Level Physics Results by Ann Watson, SEMTA CEO, August 2017
Apprenticeships 4 England Equality, Dr Sarah Peers presentation at Diversity and Inclusion Conference on the 13th July 2017 in Coventry, West Midlands
Not investing into female engineers would be a big economic mistake, Sarah Peers in ECNMY, 7 March 2017
Lottie's week with Lizzie the Robot at Instron from the Lottie tour during Tomorrow's Engineers Week by Maeve Higham, November 2016
Lottie's week with Kate from the Lottie tour during Tomorrow's Engineers Week by Kate Mactear, November 2016
Lottie tour at the ODE office in Cairo from the Lottie Tour during Tomorrow's Engineers Week by Adriana Vargas, November 2016
Lottie's week with Holly from the Lottie Tour during Tomorrow's Engineers Week by Holly Goodwin, November 2016
Lottie's Week with Jo from the Lottie Tour during Tomorrow's Engineers Week by Jo Douglas, November 2016
Progress on PPE for All by WES President Benita Mehra, September 2016
WES Young Member's Board Meeting at Scottish Power by Khadejah Begum, September 2016
Brexit and what it means to women engineers by Sarah Peers, WES VicePresident, July 2016
A woman in welding by Claire Spillane, Westermans International, June 2016
National Apprenticeship Week - Just a typical week by Jo Sharples, BAE Systems, March 2016
The first month by WES President Benita Mehra, October 2015

Links to recent articles of interest are here:

Let’s inspire more young women to fall in love with engineering, The Guardian, 22 June 2017
Making flexible hours work in the infrastructure industry McGinley Support Services February 2017
Trailblazers of diversity, Sally Horrocks, The Engineer, 29 April 2016
Gender pay gap fuelled by perceptions of motherhood and the lack of women in tech, Independent, 15 February 2016
The Need for Women in Engineering on the UK's leading Process Engineering hub
Women in Engineering, Lantern Magazine Summer 2015 p 12
Pushing Boundaries. Born to Engineer Video for NWED
Bucking the Trend, The Engineer, June 2015
Magnificent Women and NWED in Ingenia, June 2015
Women in Engineering, Process Industry Informer May 2015
Re-writing history to remember real-life unsung engineering and construction heroines, Womanthology 18 February 2015
Published letter to The Times, 23 January 2015
Passing the Maternity Test, The Engineer November 2014 (p.5)
Getting Girls into Engineering: Lighting the Spark, November 2014 (appeared in Cast Metal and Die Casting Times, Oct/Nov 2014 p13)
Women in Engineering, Are We Doing Enough? Enhance Issue 3, Nov 2014
Women in the oil and gas industry, Female First, September 2014
Breaking through the glass ceiling, Maintenance online July 2014
Women in Engineering 8 page supplement, Birmingham Post, 26 June 2014
Engineering a change in education, Centre for Education, Research and Practice, AQA
Women in Engineering supplement, Media Planet, The Independent, 23 June 2014
Girls Can't What? BBC News 23 June 2014
Change of Gear, Drive to Recruit Women Engineers, The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2014
One for the History Books, i Newspaper, 23 June 2014
National Day Aims to Boost Number of Female Engineers, The Telegraph, June 2014
Engineering Women, AMPS Power 2014 Issue 2
WW1: Women Engineers in the First World War, 16 June 2014 E&T Magazine
More to be done on gender balance in the oil and gas sector, HR Magazine, 24 June 2014
National Women in Engineering Day Launched, Whimfing 6 June 2014
Changing the Mix, New Civil Engineer, 18 February 2014
Driving Diverse Thought: March 2014, Womanthology
Taking Steps for a Brighter Future, The Independent December 2013
Women in STEM, MEDIAPLANET supplement, The Independent December 2013
It's Time to Deliver, The Engineer 4 November 2013
Women Engineers call for Better Careers Advice, The Engineer, 11 September 2013
Which Woman Should Go on a Banknote Next, BBC, 24 June 2013
The Unchanging Status of Women Engineers over the Past 90 Years, E&T Online 14 October 2013

Past President Dawn Bonfield's blogs are below:

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