A new group focussing on race equality has been formed at Queen Mary. It is currently looking for volunteers to help out with priorities including: the ethnicity pay gap, supporting career progression, reducing student attainment gaps and investigating issues with
WISE schools outreach project
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) are looking for female volunteers to be part of their schools outreach project. Their aim is to run events that will encourage more young women to take up computer science. They are recruiting right
New DeepMind AI scholarships for women and BAME students at QMUL
The Institute of Coding at Queen Mary has strengthened its relationship with DeepMind through scholarship programme for women and BAME students. DeepMind is a leading British artificial intelligence (AI) company which has renewed its support for under-represented students pursuing postgraduate
Two awards from the Women’s Engineering Society (nominations by 13th July)
The Women’s Engineering Society is looking for nominations and self-nominations by 13th July for two awards. The Amy Johnson Inspiration Award is given to an individual who is not currently working as an engineer for furthering diversity within engineering and
Challenging power in data science
Data science has never been more important but there is a considerable issue. The Data Feminism book is a collaboratively crafted book led by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein which seeks to investigate data science from a feminist perspective.
Women in Engineering Wikithon June 24th.
The Women’s Engineering Society, Wikimedia UK, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Electrifying Women Project and Archives For London are creating an online “wikithon” to add articles about extraordinary women in engineering. It will teach how to edit and create articles and encourage participants to
Parents and carers slack channel
Just a short post today to add to Monday’s about the parents and carers network: https://equalities.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/2020/06/08/qmul-parents-and-carers-network/ There is also a slack channel for parents and carers in EECS to exchange ideas and support. https://join.slack.com/t/eecsparents/shared_invite/zt-e361dfpz-2K5EXlEARvgOQRo8gqWuZg
Black lives matter (statement from Head of School)
Dear EECS Students and Staff, Here in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, we stand in support of and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and those peacefully protesting following the horrific killing of George Floyd in
QMUL parents and carers network
Queen Mary is launching a new Parents and Carers Network to give staff the opportunity to meet other parents and carers, to share experiences, offer and receive support and access a wide range of guidance and resources. The Network is open to any staff members in
Athena Hack London 18th-19th April
Athena Hack is the largest all woman/non-binary hackathon in the UK. It will take place at Imperial College 18th-19th April 2020. It’s open to anyone 18+ who identifies as a woman or non-binary. Registration is completely free and students who study