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
Resources for schools for Black History Month
This month is Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the achievements, contributions and histories of Black people in the UK and around the world. Professor Paul Curzon and Jane Waite at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
EPSRC Survey on gender diversity in large grant applications
Earlier this year UKRI published aggregated diversity data regarding grant applications and successes, with findings that women and ethnic minorities apply for and are awarded smaller amounts. More recently some finer grained data was released showing furthermore that the award
Winners of the European Tech Women Awards announced
The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) announced the winners of the first edition of the European Tech Women Awards. This took place virtually during London Tech Week on 2 September. The event recognised the accomplishments of 24 women from
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020
Computer Weekly has announced the 2020 list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology, including this year’s winner, Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO of Stemettes. Full article at Computer Weekly.
Online event: Discrimination in the recording studio
Quoting from https://www.facebook.com/events/551085988997013: Our team presents findings from an international online survey (n=387) of recording engineers, producers, and studio assistants’ experiences of discrimination and microaggressions within the recording studio. In this session we discuss how both our quantitative and qualitative
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
Bi-Visibility Day 23rd September
23rd September is Bi-Visibility Day and to raise awareness QMUL is calling for staff to join the LGBTQ+ staff role models in giving a short bio and interview, with some fantastic examples here. “Visibility and representation is particularly important for bi+ (this includes