Dr Kathryn McKenna and Vicky Newman have been named as finalists in the WISE Covid Unsung Hero Awards for their work promoting STEM careers to Northern Ireland women and girls. They have been shortlisted for the Diversity & Inclusion Award, which celebrates women who found innovative ways of working to [...]
Pulsar is currently sponsoring eight Female Founders on Awakenhub's Shegenerate Programme. All eight are based in Northern Ireland and have a science or tech based startup. Here's software engineer Lauren Burns talking to Awakenhub in a recent blog post. Lauren is in the early stages of her founder journey creating [...]
The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has published its Draft Corporate Plan for consultation. ECNI aims to use its powers and duties in combination to secure changes to policy, practices and procedures to combat discrimination and promote equality in Northern Ireland. This draft sets out five strategic priorities which have [...]
Pulsar is delighted to be supporting eight female founders on the Shegenerate programme. The programme launched in November and the first cohort of 56 women are now beginning their journey as they start out and take their very early steps into founder life, supported by Awakenhub. AwakenHub was founded [...]
A new training initiative, funded through Belfast City Council’s PEACE IV Action Plan has been launched at Girdwood Community Hub in North Belfast. Tech Connects is aimed at 17 – 24-year-olds living in Belfast and aims to raise awareness of ICT career pathways and encourage more young people to choose the [...]
Since the start of the COVID pandemic, women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) have helped improve our lives, communities and economy for the better. Now WISE wants to learn, share and celebrate the stories of unsung COVID heroes – to shine a light on women in STEM whose [...]
The Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter (WIAAC) has appointed Victoria Foy, EVP of Safran Seats GB, as its new Co-Chair, effective immediately. Victoria succeeds Jacqueline Sutton, who has served as Co-Chair of the Charter since July 2020. Victoria will work alongside Sumati Sharma CA, Partner – Aviation at Oliver [...]
The DfE Women in STEM Steering Group has published a report providing an overview of its activities and achievements in its first year and its ambitions for the future. Download the Women in STEM Steering Group 2020-21 Report The group was convened in October 2020 to provide advice and strategic [...]
Generation Innovation, a programme from Catalyst which aims to inform, upskill and empower the young people of this generation to thrive as the next leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs of the future has launched its early access registration for its 2022 cohort. Generation Innovation energises the imaginations and aspirations of young [...]
Pulsar, the Northern Ireland WISE Hub is to sponsor Diversity, Inclusion and social purpose at Work: In Progress, an event being organised by Startacus which will run on Wednesday 10th November at the MAC Belfast. This session, focussed on inclusion, diversity and social purpose will focus on: Building and sustaining [...]
The Department for the Economy’s Careers Service has published its Spotlight on Maths which highlights how maths skills can benefit citizens in their studies and careers. Spotlight on Maths highlights how maths skills can benefit citizens in their studies and careers. Produced in conjunction with the Institute of Mathematics and [...]
The Royal Academy of Engineering, with the generous support of the Worshipful Company of Engineers is making five awards of £3,000 each year to UK engineers in full-time higher education, research or industrial employment, who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career. From these five awardees, the [...]