The Royal Society has put their commissioned report on ethnicity in STEM online. You can find the full report here https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/2021/trends-ethnic-minorities-stem/ The aim of the report was to look into why “talented black people are not finding science careers in
Wikithon to promote Women in STEM online (March 10th)
This online event organised by Imperial College, the Science Museum, the University of Leeds, the IET and the Women’s Engineering Society will take place on March 10th. Wikipedia needs updating to ensure it accurately reflects the many contributions of women
DeepMind PhD studentship available
DeepMind has a fully funded PhD studentship to start September ’21 which is in the area of AI or Machine Learning. The studentship is available to researchers who identify as female and/or are of Black ethnicity (as they are underrepresented
Inspiring potential STEM students
The issue of recruiting women in STEM is sometimes blamed on the lack of role model women scientists. There are some very nice posters produced by QMUL with images of women’s contributions to computer science. https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/2020/03/03/women-in-computing-free-posters-for-uk-schools-from-iocoding-digitalskillsmatter-jb/ Two organisations are seeking
Doing it anyway
Tech talent charter’s “doing it anyway” campaign is helping women get into tech careers. They list inspiring stories from women who started out or retrained into tech careers. They also encourage training through the Institute of Coding and have a
Women in Science and Engineering #1ofThe Million Day
The Women in Science and Engineering group (WISE) are celebrating the fact that there are more than 1 million women working in core STEM roles across the UK for the first time ever. To celebrate this they are creating a
Highlighting women in signal processing
The IEEE signal processing society has begun a new series highlighting women in signal processing. This begins this month with a profile of Dr. Mari Ostendorf. https://signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2020/10/series-highlight-women-signal-processing-dr-mari-ostendorf
Black history month at QMUL
This is a message from Simon Lucas (head of school at EECS). In October this year we will be marking Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the achievements, contributions and histories of Black people in the UK and around
IEEE PROGRESS Workshop
The IEEE has launched a virtual workshop that will take place October 26-27th on signal processing. PROGRESS (PROmotinG DiveRsity in Signal ProcESSing aims to support women and under-represented minorities in the field of signal processing.The objective is to promote diversity
Ada Lovelace Day (October 13th 2020)
Ada Lovelace day is held on the second Tuesday in October and celebrates women working in STEM around the world. This year it will be purely online but you can find videos from previous years on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRRgOeJy5Pk&list=PLKLzYBTgfhxk-1zF3_XX4CidwNB4wEKBc In 2019