What is the difference between positive action and positive discrimination? What is the best course of action for businesses when it comes to gender balance? These are questions that many employers will be asking themselves, especially in STEM fields, where many companies are coming under increas...

Recent UCAS data from HESA 2017/2018 has revealed that women make up just 13% of students studying computer science, gaming and related courses in the UK. When you compare that figure to other STEM related courses, the stark contrast becomes even more evident. Women studying biology total 61%, of...

AI systems and virtual assistants are no longer a thing of the future, they are a thing of right now. We use virtual assistants for almost everything. They can help you find out new academic knowledge, turn the lights on and off, help you do the weekly food shop and even schedule appointments. To...

Recent efforts to encourage girls to study sciences at A-level have finally come to fruition with female students now outnumbering males for the first time ever. Following A-level results day, figures were released that showed there were 84,111 entries (50.3%) from girls for biology, chemistry an...

Networking events may seem scary, even for the most outgoing person. However, they can actually be extremely rewarding, valuable and fun! If you’re a student about to embark on a career path in your chosen field, or if you have no idea what you want to do, networking events will open many doors a...

Construction, development and property company Wates has recently released exciting plans to boost their gender diversity by increasing female representation in their workforce to 40% by 2025. Part of a much larger plan to improve imbalance, Wates hope to transform their workforce so that it accu...

Technology is a world that is currently dominated by men. Whether you work in the UK's tech industry or in Silicon Valley, women are hugely outnumbered by their male counterparts by roughly 5:1. According to WISE’s latest figures (2018), only 16% of women work as IT professionals and 17% of IT te...

The competition for recruiting the top graduates with a STEM degree has become ever more competitive. According to the High Fliers Research report on The Graduate Market 2019, overall, the UK’s top employers are increasing their graduate vacancies by 9.1%. The biggest growth is set to come from e...

The UK has a strong engineering history. The country began the industrial revolution with the invention of the steam engine; it has also produced some of the most notable engineers in the world, including Thomas Telford, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Dyson and Henry Royce (one half of Rolls Royc...

Inspring STEM talks and podcasts We are always looking to provide new resources to our communities. We are creating a list of TED talks and podcasts that come highly reccomended by us or by women in our communities. If you'd like to add to the list please drop me an email at sophiec@stemwomen.co....