Carrickfergus Photonics Company signs up to Equality Commission STEM Charter
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 as mechanical design, [...]
Ten Northern Ireland organisations win free WISE Membership
To celebrate the launch of the NI WISE Hub, WISE has awarded ten free one year online membership packs, each worth £1,000, to Northern Ireland organisations. The organisations are: Manufacturing NI Core Systems Women’s TEC New to You 4Rs STATSports Ltd Exploristics Limited Greiner Packaging Yelo Liberty IT Outsource Solutions (NI) Ltd The [...]
Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund now open
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 physics. The fund [...]
IoP launches new campaign to encourage young people into Physics
The Institute of Physics has launched a new campaign called Limit Less to support young people to fulfil their potential and change the world by choosing to do physics from age 16. Young people are motivated by the great challenges the world faces, including climate change, public health and poverty. However, too many miss [...]
New “Press Refresh” programme for women returners launched
Press Refresh is a free supportive return to work part-time Data Analytics 17 week training programme with mentor support from female role models in Tech. The Women’s “Press Refresh” Programme is supported by the Department for the Economy and delivered in partnership with Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC) and Women in Business (WIB). Maybe [...]
Women in Innovation Awards – apply by October 14th
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 with exciting, innovative [...]
Maths Week 2020 is coming!
The Maths Week team have been busy, gearing up for the 15th Maths Week Ireland , which this year will take place from October 10 -18. This year, it’s going to be a bit different, with a focus on online and in school activity. There will be streamed live maths shows, workshops, fun [...]
BTYSTE goes virtual for 2021 – and it’s free to enter!
BT has today announced that, in light of continued health and safety concerns around Covid19, the company will be transforming the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) into a spectacular virtual showcase for January 2021. Europe’s longest running science Exhibition will go ahead from Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th January 2021. But, in what [...]
Ingenious public engagement awards launched by RAEng
Ingenious, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s public engagement awards scheme, is now open for applications. Apply now for funding for between £3,000 and £30,000. Applicants must be based in the UK. If you or your colleagues have an imaginative idea that could help engineers to communicate their expertise and passion for engineering to [...]
Young Innovators Awards launched by Innovate UK
A new initiative by InnovateUK and The Prince's Trust is looking for young people to apply for an award to make their business idea a reality. The Award includes a £5,000 grant, tailored business support and a living allowance. They want to find a new group of young innovators that, with help, can [...]
Encouraging girls to study science and technology will help grow the economy
A new scheme to encourage girls to choose a career in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) gets underway today. Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, has been working closely with WISE, a UK body committed to encouraging women and girls to take up careers in science and engineering, to develop a [...]
UK Athena SWAN review published
The Future of Athena SWAN, the report of the Athena SWAN Charter Independent Review Steering Group, was published today. The report is the culmination of the extensive work of the independent review led by Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, Vice-Chancellor and President of Brunel University London. Advance HE commissioned the review in April 2018, [...]