Northern Ireland’s STEM skills shortage is well documented and following uncertainty resulting from Brexit and the Covid 19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to develop the best pools of STEM candidates to ensure future economic growth.  This focus on skills has recently been reflected in the Department for [...]

By Geraldine McGahey, Chief Commissioner, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland We recently welcomed Yelo, a local electronic test equipment manufacturer based in Carrickfergus, as the latest company to sign the Commission’s STEM Charter. Northern Ireland continues to have an under-representation of women across our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) [...]

The latest company to sign up to the Equality Commission’s STEM Charter is YELO. YELO is an electronic test equipment manufacturer which operates out of a 25,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Carrickfergus.  This is home to a team of 50, working in a range of STEM related roles such [...]

The IOP and leading physicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell have launched the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund to encourage greater diversity in physics. It aims to support full or part-time graduates who wish to study towards a doctorate in physics and are from groups that are currently under-represented in [...]

Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is offering 10 Women in Innovation Awards to female entrepreneurs across the UK. The winners will receive a £50,000 grant and a bespoke package of mentoring, coaching and business support. Apply now The aim of this competition is to find women [...]

Diversity Mark NI recently presented five very progressive organisations with the Bronze Diversity Charter Mark at an Awards Lunch hosted by Ulster Bank. These companies are focused on creating and implementing some very innovative initiatives to drive diversity and inclusion. Congratulations to the following organisations: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks IQ [...]