Sarah Stead
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Sarah SteadSeptember 13, 2019
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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Sarah SteadMarch 13, 2019
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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Sarah SteadMarch 7, 2019
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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Sarah SteadMarch 4, 2019
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...
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Sarah SteadFebruary 18, 2019
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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Sarah SteadJanuary 7, 2019
Interactive sessions, networking events and technical talks
Three members of WESBath were given an opportunity to attend the 10th Annual WES Student Conference held on 23rd - 24th November at the University of Warwick. The topic of the conference (Building Sustainable Cities and Communities) was particularly relevant...
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Sarah SteadDecember 21, 2018
Building Sustainable Cities and Communities - WES Student conference
The WES (Women’s Engineering Society) recently celebrated their 10th annual Student Conference, with this year’s topic being ‘Building Sustainable Cities and Communities’. I consider myself lucky to have been sponsored by BP to attend this two-day event, alongside two other...
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Sarah SteadDecember 20, 2018
Women’s Engineering Society’s 10th Annual Conference
The Women’s Engineering Society’s 10th Annual Student Conference was held at Warwick University on the topic of Building Sustainable Cities and Communities. I was funded to attend the event by BP along with two female other engineering students from Bath. The...
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Sarah SteadDecember 4, 2018
Pizza and Placements
Placements are an integral option of all the engineering degrees with approximately 70-80% of students taking a placement year. WESBath hosted a Pizza and Placement lunchtime session on 30 November with 5 students talking about their placement experience from a...
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Sarah SteadOctober 20, 2018
BP Women in Engineering Award - Trip to Zambia
This summer I was part of a 6-man team of civil engineering students from the University of Bath (ACE2ZAMBIA) who travelled to Lusaka, Zambia to volunteer for Sport in Action. Sport in Action is a charity focused on developing local...