Outreach
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Brownies, spaghetti and marshmallows!
On Wednesday the 2nd March WES Bath visited the 1st Bath Rainbows and the 41st Bath Brownies. We kicked off the sessions by asking if they knew what an engineer was and getting them to share what skills they thought...
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Our visit to 29th St Alphege Brownies in Bath
On Thursday the 14th February, I joined 6 WESBath members in volunteering to share our love for engineering with the 29th St Alphege Brownies in Bath. We chose the steady hand activity where, in groups of 5, the brownies built...
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WESBath visit 18th Bath Brownies
April is a busy month, but on Monday, 16 April we took a break to visit the 18th Bath Brownies in All Saints Centre. Four engineers went along; Anna Scott, Molly Mcmaster, Amy Wynn and myself. This brownies group was...
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WESBath at Saltford Primary School - by Lily (a Year 6 pupil)
Recently, the Women's Engineering Society (WESBath) came into my school for our STEM week. They worked with two year six classes, as I am in year 6 I got to meet them. They were polite and happy, but most importantly...
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Bath Taps into Science 2018
WESBath has had a regular presence in Bath Taps into Science since its inception and this year was no different. There was no dearth of participation and enthusiasm both from the schools and our volunteers even with the lurking threat...
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WDCA (Women Can Do Anything) - WESBath's visit to Weston Village Guides
One evening in early December five WESBath members visited the Weston Village Guides to tell them all about engineering. We chatted to a group of about 25 guides and then gave them all the task of building towers, capable of...
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BP Women in Engineering Award - ACE to Zambia
As a group of 6 civil engineering students, we spent 6 weeks working with the organisation Sport in Action in Lusaka, Zambia. Sport in Action aid the development of young people through sport. We were heavily involved with two main...
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Reflections from Soapbox Science Bristol 2017
Soapbox science is a unique platform for women scientists and postgraduate researchers to showcase and engage the public with their research. Organised at various cities in the UK and abroad, popular public places are converted to speaker arenas and each...
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International Women's Engineering Day 2017
On Friday, 23 June 2017, WESBath celebrated INWED 2017 by hosting a group of female school students onto Campus to take part in a morning of engineering. We welcomed girls from Sheldon School in Chippenham and the IKB Academy in...
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Who needs pancakes when you can go to Guides?
While many of us were making pancakes on the 28th February, myself and 3 other undergraduate engineers visited the Bath Rush Hill Guides to tell them all about engineering and how exciting a career in the sector can be. We...