Employers

Do you employ engineers or applied scientists whether in manufacturing, retail, construction, energy or any other industry? Here are some ideas for you to engage with National Women in Engineering Day. 

Inspiring the next generation
  • Organise a lecture or networking event
  • Organise an industrial visit
  • Open your doors to local school children and parents, with an emphasis on encouraging girls to attend
  • Register your women engineers to speak at schools through WES, Inspiring the Future, or as STEM Ambassadors
  • Form a link with your local schools and colleges, and develop a long term relationship to promote the skills you need to girls
  • Encourage your staff to become governors at local schools
  • Attend a school parents' evening and tell them about the engineering opportunities you have

Make sure your workplace is at the leading edge
  • Launch a Women's Network or arrange a leadership development event for your women engineers
  • Carry out an equal pay audit in your organisation
  • Be disruptive in your promotion of women engineers
  • Survey your women engineers and find out whether there are any issues which limit their progression
  • Review your Diversity and Inclusion policies, and arrange an Unconscious Bias training session for your staff
  • Publicise your support of women in engineering through the use of female role models
  • Join the Women’s Engineering Society
  • Set up a mentoring programme to support your women engineers
Good luck with your planning, and do keep us informed of what you are doing via nwed@wes.org.uk. Register here to receive our monthly newsletter for further ideas in the build up to this day.

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