Student Women's Engineering Society (WESBath)
Women In Engineering Society (WES) - newly-found at the University of Bath
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INWED Day 2020 ‘Shape the World'
The International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is an awareness campaign launched by the Women’s Engineering Society. Now in its seventh year, INWED celebrates the amazing work of female engineers and aims to raise the profile of women in engineering....
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Women in Engineering, South West Event
On 6th February 2020, a group of WESBath students travelled to Bristol for a Women in Engineering event organised by Wessex Water. Wessex Water has recognised the problem of lack of diversity and inclusion in engineering, so organised an incredible...
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WES Student Conference 2019 - The unity of Women Engineers’
I was lucky enough to secure bursary fund from WESBath to attend the conference which was held in Warwick University this year, with the theme of ‘Transform the Future’. There were around 150 female engineering students from all over UK...
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WESBath LinkedIn Workshop - October 2019
We were lucky enough to have Ghishlaine, the lead career advisor for engineering students at the University of Bath, deliver a LinkedIn workshop for WESBath. LinkedIn is an invaluable platform for advertising yourself to future employers and making useful connections with industrial...
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Ada Lovelace Day - Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM. It is held on the second Tuesday of October and aims to create new role models by increasing the profile of women in STEM. We...
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A great start to the new academic year!
We started the new academic year with our annual pub quiz with free pizza!! This event is a chance for engineering students to get to know each other and the committee in a relaxed environment. The different rounds of the...
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Vanuatu School Build Project
This summer, thanks to support from the BP Women in Engineering funding, I travelled across the world to Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, in order to build a classroom and library space in Ranwas village, as the previous...
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STEM Competition and network event
The WESBath networking event started with some keen speakers reflecting on their careers and how they have come into their roles. The speakers spoke about how a mentor has been essential to their success, having someone push you to achieve more...
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WESBath Networking event - What You Haven’t Heard About My Journey
"Fantastic event, really felt the energy in the room and great to see it so well supported." – Jules Handy, Atkins To celebrate International Women’s Day, we wanted to share an update on the networking event we held earlier in...
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Making Rockets in Somerset
During the last week of February 2019 WESBath and Bath University Rocket Team (BRT) worked together to bring an outreach project to Haywood Village Academy School in Frome. Eight of us, 3 from WESBath and 5 from BRT, presented an...