We are currently running three pilot programmes to help encourage young people in Northern Ireland into STEM careers - our most experimental (and challenging!) pilot is now at its halfway point so we wanted to let you know how we are getting on. It's a one-year project looking at [...]
Cubis Systems are manufacturers of underground systems for infrastructure, the organisation currently employs over 650 staff at several sites globally with their headquarters based in Lurgan. Cubis are currently bronze accredited and striving towards silver accreditation with Diversity Mark in a bid to transform attitudes and culture within their organisation [...]
Many of Northern Ireland’s most prominent and inspirational female business leaders came together on Thursday 10th November for the 2022 Women in Business Voices of Leadership Conference. Hosted by BBC NI’s Clodagh Rice at the Galgorm Resort, this year’s leadership event featured keynote speakers Jayne Brady, head of Northern Ireland [...]
Women in Business is collaborating with AwakenHub as part of their shared vision to create greater gender parity for women founders and investors across the island of Ireland. September’s Women Angel Insights report from Beauhurst and the UK Business Angels Association revealed that, of the more than 5,000 women making [...]
A new collaborative initiative which aims to empower future female leaders in education, was launched at an event in Danske Bank’s Belfast headquarters attended by schools, business people and local leaders. The SistersIN Leadership Programme has been developed specifically to help sixth form girls build their confidence and broaden their [...]
A new bank note celebrates some of the amazing things women from Northern Ireland have achieved, including Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s iconic 1967 discovery of pulsars – spherical, compact objects that are about the size of a large city but contain more mass than the sun. Ulster Bank’s new polymer [...]
John Healy has won the Male Advocate of the Year Award at the inaugural Women in Tech Awards, which took place on Friday evening at Belfast’s Europa Hotel. John is CEO of Allstate NI and a member of the Women in STEM Steering Group. The Steering Group's Chair, Dr Bryan [...]
The Women in STEM Steering Group recently held an away day to find out more about what the Department for the Economy is doing to support the women in STEM agenda. The presentations in the morning session outlined the projects funded by the department through ERAP (the Economic Recovery Action [...]
Pulsar is supporting a new work experience programme with Speakers for Schools to inspire the next generation of female scientists, engineers and innovators. 12 employers have partnered with Speakers for Schools to introduce STEM-related careers to 1,000 female students across Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2022, girls aged 14-18 are [...]
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, 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 [...]
By Dr Caroline O’Hare, Business Communications & Marketing at Exploristics. Originally posted at https://exploristics.com/keeping-women-in-stem/ There’s nothing to stop you from going into science. That’s what my teachers said, and I felt that there wasn’t. I had always been interested in science and had never felt that it was a male preserve. [...]