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Congratulations to the winning team and the President of UK Space Design Competition 2011
Well done to Amy Gregg, the teenage president of the winning team of this years’ UK Space Design Competition. Amy and 12 members of her team be travelling to the United States this Summer to take part in the international finals of this competition at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Before leaving, Amy wanted to share her experiences with you. Here is Amy’s story:
GE Aviation visit St Anne’s School
GE Aviation recently took part in a “what’s next for me day” at St Anne’s all-girls school in Southampton. They ran two sessions which were labelled “more to engineering” with a big emphasis on encouraging year 10 girls to consider a career within Engineering.
Making women in SET visible online: a new toolkit from the UKRC
The UKRC has published a new toolkit aimed at helping a wide range of organisations to improve gender balance on the websites, blogs and forums.
What Daniel Craig teaches us about women
The International Women’s Day ad, featuring James Bond star Daniel Craig dressed as a woman, contains some frighteningly depressing facts and statistics.
WISE Online Community
WISE have started up an exciting pilot online forum which aims to provide teachers and other science professionals with resources and a place for discussion on how we can all help to encourage more young girls to stick with Physics, and take on Engineering apprenticeships.
Jaguar Land Rover keen to recruit a diverse range of apprentices
Exciting news! Please let your friends and contacts know that Jaguar Land Rover is recruiting for 104 engineering apprenticeships in North West and West Midlands (England) and until April 11th.
A Celebration of Women in IT
A ceremony to celebrate women’s achievements in IT took place on 22 March 2011 attended by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal.
RAF Cosford Work Experience
Year 10 girls took part in a unique opportunity to be involved in a week of engineering work experience between 4 - 8 Jul 2011 at Royal Air Force Cosford.
WISE and the UKRC unite for gender equality
The UKRC today announced that it will take on leadership of WISE (Women into Science, Engineering and Construction) from April 2011. This unites the highly-regarded and long-standing WISE Campaign with the UKRC, the UK’s lead organisation promoting gender equality in science, engineering and technology (SET).
Lyndsey helps the Bluebird fly again
South Tyneside College learner Lyndsey Gustafson, aged 33 from North Shields, has joined the team responsible for the restoration of the famous Bluebird K7- a turbo jet engine hydroplane piloted by Donald Campbell in 1967.
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