Diversity

Why We Need to Champion Diversity and Inclusion in the Engineering Sector

Blog, Conference, Diversity / By / December 23, 2021

Interview with Craig Orrock, winner of the Engineering Student of the Year and Overall Excellence in Engineering Awards This year’s Engineering Talent Awards (ETAs) shone a spotlight on the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) in the engineering sector, leading the way for others to follow. Hosted by EqualEngineers, partnered with McLaren Racing, and …

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Black History Month

Black History Month in Engineering 2021 Highlights

Blog, Diversity, Education, Gender, inclusion / By / October 26, 2021

Black History Month takes place every October. It has been celebrated in the UK for over 30 years now. People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been left underrepresented for decades. As a result of this, October has been dedicated to spreading awareness of contributions people from African and Caribbean nationalities have done throughout time. …

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The Thoughts of a Mentor

Advice, Blog, Diversity, inclusion, Profession / By / July 6, 2021

“I have spent the last few months mentoring an ambitious, hard-working and enthusiastic robotics student called Liza through the Equal Engineers mentoring scheme. Liza is all these things, and also deaf. She was born with 80% “deafness” which puts her in the severely deaf category. I helped Liza work through some ideas on career prospects …

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EqualEngineers Pathways Programme Launch

Blog, Careers, Diversity, Education, Gender, Profession, Recruitment / By / June 16, 2021

Challenges with diversity and inclusion within the engineering and technology sector are not just being faced by those working in the industry, but are prominent among engineering students who are part of underrepresented groups with protected characteristics. Students from diverse backgrounds face additional challenges in securing graduate employment in engineering. Statistics around student diversity in …

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lesbian visibility

7 Things We Learned from Lesbian Visibility Week

Blog, Diversity / By / May 4, 2020

In case you missed it, Lesbian Visibility Week began on the 20th of April and ended on the 26th of April, aka Lesbian Visibility Day. Its aim was to show solidarity with every woman within the LGBTQI+ community by celebrating lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and queer women, including women of colour, those with disabilities, and those …

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Diversity vs. Covid-19

Blog, Diversity / By / April 22, 2020

Nearly 20% of the 1.3 million people that work in the NHS are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) – many of them working as doctors, nurses and midwives1.

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