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Women's Engineering Society eNewsletter
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Welcome to the September edition of the WES newsletter.
In this month's newsletter we have the latest on all that is happening with WES this month and all the celebrations that have happened or are happening for our Centenary year.
We'll also bring you updates from other organisations, upcoming events, job vacancies and all other news.
Eager to get to a specific section of the newsletter? Click on the heading below:
The Women's Engineering Society is committed to supporting women in engineering. Click through the following link for more information on
being a WES member.
It costs just one pound per week and helps us to do our work to inspire and support women to achieve their potential as engineers, applied scientists and technical leaders.
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During our Centenary Year WES is collaborating with the Royal Academy of Engineering to survey engineers about their career experiences through an Engineering Census.
Please help us by taking part and inviting other engineers (both women and men) to share their views. The social media hashtag is #EngineeringCensus.
The survey can be taken
here
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8-9 November 2019
University of Warwick, Coventry
The WES Student Conference supports around 200 young women to progress in engineering and allied sectors by providing access to employer perspectives, development opportunities and networking.
The programme offers students a variety of talks, panel sessions and workshops focusing on technical skills, inspiration and career development. There are also industry professionals, a plethora of networking opportunities and a banquet dinner. Contact Jo.Weaver@wes.org.uk to reserve your place.
More information (including bursaries) can be found here.
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100 YEARS - 100 WOMEN ENGINEERS
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To celebrate our Centenary year the 100 Years of Women in Engineering campaign has released a list of the top 100 women engineers in the last century. The Top 100 list was compiled by a list of judges after a period of public nomination through the website
Magnificent Women.The criteria for inclusion in the list was that the women should be British, or have been influential in Britain during the period, have lived at some point between 1919 and 2019, and must be deceased.
The list includes WES founders Rachel Parsons and Laura Annie Willson MBE, and its first secretary, Caroline Haslett DBE, as well as presidents of the society, including the pilot and engineer Amy Johnson and the founder of the Electrical Association for Women, Mabel Matthews. Beatrice Shilling, who developed the valve that prevented Merlin engines stalling when diving also features; and Hilda Lyon, who developed the 'Lyon Shape' used for the airship R101.
Have a look
here to see the full list of 100 Women Engineers.
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Scottish Transport & Industrial
Collections Knowledge (STICK) Network Conference
6 November 2019 Glasgow Women's Library Glasgow
The STICK conference will be celebrating 100 years of WES and women in engineering. We have speakers who will celebrate the successes of women in engineering both past and present, explore the challenges around telling these stories and engage in the debate.
Speakers include: Dr Nina Baker (WES), Ceryl Evans (WES), Helen Close (WES) Emily Rees (University of Leeds), Liz Bruton (Science Museum, London) Katherine Kirk, (University of the West of Scotland), Anne Locker (The Institution of Engineering Technology) and Alison Nuttall (BAE Systems).
The full programme will be available soon.
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WES Centenary Women
Florence Blenkiron
WES Wiki Woman of the month Florence Blenkiron (1904-1991) was the first woman to reach over 100 mph on a motorcycle at Brooklands race track, winning a Gold Star Award. Only two other women ever received this award, Beatrice Shilling and Theresa Wallach. In 1934-5, with her friend Theresa Wallach, Florence crossed the Sahara by 600cc in a Panther motorcycle, sidecar and trailer, riding from London to Cape Town without a compass. They were the first people to ever undertake this journey and received a lot of press interest around the challenges they faced. Florence made the return journey back through the desert on her own in 1935-6.
She later set up a chauffeuring business offering a taxi service to anywhere in the world which took her to Australia. She served in the ATS in parts of Africa during World War II, then ran a YMCA club in India before she and her husband Kenneth Kingaby returned to the UK to take up farming.
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News from our WES Members
WES Herts & Beds Cluster
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Centenary Celebration Summit
27 November 2019, University of Hertfordshire
We will be hosting an evening celebration with talks from WES Members, Dr Emma Taylor and Dr Nina Baker.
There will also be a graphic design showcase, student group opportunities, networking and the chance to get involved with WES projects like the Centenary Trail.
Come along to rediscover the past, embrace the present and accelerate in
to the future!
For tickets please go
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WES Young Members' Board
Still time to sign up for #WES
Lottie
Tour 2019!
The
WES YMB is organising its fourth #WESLottieTour this year for Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2019. Our #WESLottieTour helps to show how varied and exciting it is to work in engineering! Last year we had over 150 engineers involved taking photos of Lottie at work, but we'd love this number to grow even more this year
Our theme for 2019 is 'Then and Now' to celebrate the WES Centenary. We will be posting photos comparing how much engineering has changed over the last 100 years.
Please email ymb@wes.org.uk to sign up or if you have any questions.
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General
(deadline dates given below)
Returners
Academic
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Tired Engineer in Training, Eleanor Yong, shares the drawings that she started to help break up the monotony of studying/revising.
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| Eleanor Yong Stack Hibernation |
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| Eleanor Yong Grumpy Maths |
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The WES website events listing includes events from across the country of interest to women engineers.
View it here.
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11 - 12 October 2019
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
The European regional network of the International Network of Women Engineers & Scientists (INWES) are celebrating a centenary of Women in Engineering! An event kindly organised by Scottish Engineering and INWES member volunteers; hosted by Heriot-Watt University; supported by EquateScotland; the Women in Technology Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley; Leonardo; ID Rethinking Waste Initiative; with the participation of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS).
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International Conference for Women Engineers & Scientists (ICWES) Call for Abstracts
11 - 14 September 2020
University of Warwick, Coventry
ICWES attracts engineers and scientists from all over the world, providing a unique opportunity to exchange information on their work and careers.
The theme for ICWES18 is
Global Humanitarian Challenges and abstracts are invited for the following topics:
Climate Change;
Education, Training and Ethics;
Ecosystems and Biodiversity;
Global Health;
Gender and Stem;
Infrastructures;
Renewable Energy Technologies;
Sustainable Cities;
Urban resilience, disasters and data;
Water and Environment Sustainability
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2020 FDM
everywoman
in Tech Awards
Now in its tenth year, the 2019 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards looks to celebrate the most inspirational women working within STEM industries, demonstrating the vast range of career opportunities that the sector has to offer for women.
If you know someone who deserves to be recognised then why don't you n
ominate them today!
For more information about the awards have a look at the website here.
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Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2019
4-8 November 2019
Tomorrow's Engineers Week
provides a unique opportunity for engineers, employers, universities and schools to
showcase how engineers working in all sectors are on a mission to make the world a better place.
The Week will feature a 'Big Assembly' where around 50,000 young people are expected to take part in the same school assembly at the same time. The Big Assembly showcases inspirational engineers on a mission to improve people's health and the nation's well being by protecting the environment.
Employers, universities, schools and individual engineers can get involved to inspire the next generation of engineers by registering for a toolkit of ideas. Visit the website
here to find out more.
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Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme (GEEP)
6 - 7 November 2019, NEC Birmingham
Run by Royal Academy of Engineering and
SEO London the GEEP aims to increase diversity and inclusion across the engineering profession with an ultimate vision to create an inclusive profession that inspires, attracts and retains people from diverse backgrounds and reflects UK society.
The workshops are free for students to attend and are designed to give participants a good insight into the engineering industry and equip them with the necessary skills to tackle the application process.
The GEEP is open to students of all years of study as well as recent graduates studying relevant degrees for the engineering industry. Information on how to apply can be found
here.
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We would like to thank all our Partners for their continuing support of WES. To see the list of partners that support WES please visit the website
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All issues of the WES journal are available here. Become a member and get your own copy delivered to your door.
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