The Women's Engineering Society (WES), which organises International Women in Engineering Day (Inwed), has marked the 10th anniversary of the day of celebrating female engineers by revealing that 11 civil engineers have made the 2023 Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) list.
The WE50 started in 2016 to showcase the diversity…
Leading organisations have signed the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Pledge, a joint initiative between NCE and Construction News, to encourage companies to prioritise equality, diversity and inclusion.
The new signatories to the pledge include Caterpillar dealer Finning, Battaglia Construction and L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, along with Pell…
A “staggering” increase in the number of girls studying maths and physics at A level is needed to bridge engineering’s gender gap, a report has found.
According to the study by charity EngineeringUK, with the current conversion rate from A Level to undergraduate study, around 150,000 girls would need to study…
Many barriers still exist for women to enter senior positions within the construction and engineering industry, according to leading female figures in the sector.
Speakers at the inaugural Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering conference held last week (Thursday 6 October) shared their experience of gender bias within the industry and…
Eleven ICE members are in this year’s Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Top 50 Women in Engineering. The theme of the ranking this year was “inventors and innovators”. Among the ICE members included in the rankings were leading academics: Alalea Kia, a Royal Academy of Engineering research fellow at Imperial College…
For the last eight years every 23 June has been used to shine a light on women engineers and the work they deliver across a broad range of industries. The aim has been to create clear role models for future generations of engineers.
For the last eight years every 23…
The benefits of mentorship have been laid out in an Inspiring Women webinar, jointly hosted by NCE and its sister title Construction News last month.
The event was the first in the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering programme, supported by Curtins, and the series will focus on mentoring and industry support before…
Gender balance in civil engineering has been on my mind this month for a number of reasons but before explaining why, it is critical to understand why it is important. Currently, just 13% of civil engineers in the UK are women, meaning that there is a whole untapped resource in…
Engineers are essential to sustainable development. Globally, they play a critical role in driving progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which not only have the potential to protect the natural world, but also to spur much needed economic growth, reduce poverty and build resilience in Africa and…
Almost 18 months ago, NCE signed up to take part in the BBC’s 50:50 equality project, to increase female representation in its output with the aim of reaching gender parity. The focus of the project for the BBC and its industry partners has been to collect data needed to effect…
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