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....

If you’re interested in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, we’ve put together a list of some of the best and more popular books for women in STEM. With so many amazing titles being produced for and about women working in STEM, there’s never been a better time to get in...

Firstly, let's start off by saying, there is no such thing as a job for a woman in STEM, no more than there is a job for a man in STEM; as long as you have the relevant qualifications and skills then your gender shouldn't matter. However, it is a fact that women are hugely under-represented withi...

We ran 6 events during autumn 2018 and have now analysed the attendee data. Our autumn STEM Women events attracted 1,065 attendees, with an average turnout of 145 at a regional event and 243 at a London event. Our 2019 autumn events will be held in larger venues so that we can accommodate more at...

Blog: London Community Event 20th February 2019 At our first event in 2019 we welcomed and 22 employers to Congress Centre, London. The event began with a talk from our event sponsor, NatWest Markets, and was followed by an interview skills session with Dr Emily Grossman. ​ Students then networke...

The Gendered Brain is an agenda-setting book that demolishes the myth of the male or female brain and has been chosen as 'one to watch 2019' by Observer and The Times. ‘A smart and witty addition to the literature on sex differences. Gina Rippon is one of the most outspoken scientists in this are...