{"id":108,"date":"2016-03-11T14:23:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-03-11T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:23:16","slug":"wesbath-celebrate-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/2016\/03\/11\/wesbath-celebrate-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"WESBath celebrate International Women's Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working together with the Somerset &amp; West Wilts IET Network, WESBath welcomed Naomi Climer, President of the IET, to the Univerisity of Bath on Tuesday, 8 March.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0022-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"28927 IET Lecture Naomi Climer 8 March 2016. Naomi Climer is President and Fellow of the IET and the President of the Women's Engineering Society.  University of Bath Student Women's Engineering Society (WESBath). Client: Sarah Stead - Faculty of Engineering\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0022-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0022.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger Whorrod chats to some WESBath students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The evening was a great success with over 150 guests coming along to celebrate International Women's Day. The event started with a display of WESBath's work over the past year including examples of activities we use when visiting local schools. A mixture of engineers, students and staff then listened to Naomi, the first female president\u00a0 of the IET, who spoke about how engineering and technology will shape the future and how important it is ensure diversity within engineering. The lecture was inspirational and thought provoking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0053-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"28927 IET Lecture Naomi Climer 8 March 2016. Naomi Climer is President and Fellow of the IET and the President of the Women's Engineering Society.  University of Bath Student Women's Engineering Society (WESBath). Client: Sarah Stead - Faculty of Engineering\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0053-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/28927-0053.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the WESBath committee display an outreach activity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/Lecture-theatre-students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/Lecture-theatre-students-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"28927 IET Lecture Naomi Climer 8 March 2016. Naomi Climer is President and Fellow of the IET and the President of the Women's Engineering Society.  University of Bath Student Women's Engineering Society (WESBath). Client: Sarah Stead - Faculty of Engineering\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/Lecture-theatre-students-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/women-in-engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2016\/03\/Lecture-theatre-students.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students enjoying Naomi Climer's talk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Afterwards, there was a networking reception at The Edge.\u00a0 What better way to celebrate International Women's Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working together with the Somerset &amp; West Wilts IET Network, WESBath welcomed Naomi Climer, President of the IET, to the Univerisity of Bath on Tuesday, 8 March. 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