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The WISE Campaign (Women into Science and Engineering) is a United Kingdom-based organization that encourages women and girls to value and pursue science, technology, engineering and maths-related courses in school or college and to move on into related careers and progress. Its mission statement aims to facilitate understanding of these ...
Nina Cameron Graham became the first British woman to earn an engineering degree in 1912. The 1911 census recorded no woman listing her profession as an engineer. [8] However, at the start of the 20th century in the UK, there were greater opportunities for women to study at university and there were more instances of women studying for degrees in physics, mathematics, and engineering subjects ...
Apprenticeship training was enabled by linking industry with local technical colleges and professional engineering institutions. The apprenticeship framework offered a clear pathway and competency outcomes that addressed the issues facing the industry sector and specific companies. This system was in place since the 1950s.
Four Guernsey students have received Apprentice of the Year awards for their work in the motor trade this year. Harry Esteves, Gemma Le Page, Lewis Guest and Luke Winstanley won awards for their ...
An engineering apprenticeship in the United Kingdom is an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering or aeronautical engineering to train craftsmen, technicians, senior technicians, Incorporated Engineers and Chartered Engineer for vocational oriented work and professional practice. Chartered Engineers are usually formed ...
The Women's Engineering Society is a United Kingdom professional learned society and networking body for women engineers, scientists and technologists. It was the first professional body set up for women working in all areas of engineering, predating the Society of Women Engineers by around 30 years.
The judging panel [9] was chaired by Dawn Bonfield MBE, and included Leon Krill from the Daily Telegraph, Allan Cook CBE, chairman of Atkins, Professor John Perkins, author of the Engineering Skills Survey from the University of Manchester, [10] Fiona Tatton, editor of Womanthology [11] and Michelle Richmond, director of membership and professional development at the Institution of Engineering ...
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) [1] is an employer led organisation that helps shape technical education [2] and apprenticeships in the United Kingdom. They do so by developing, reviewing and revising occupational standards [3] that form the basis of apprenticeships [4] [5] [6] and qualifications such as T ...