Women in Tech

The women in engineering (WIE) at maxon work eagerly to contribute to the success of advanced technology in the motion control industry. This week in honor of International Women in Engineering Day, 23rd June, 2021 - maxon wishes to thank these engineering women for their contributions as they continue to help shape the world we live in.

Independent property, construction and infrastructure consultancy, Pick Everard has marked this year’s International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) with the release of a special podcast, interviewing civil engineer, Natalie Clemson about her journey from sandwich year placement to national director at the firm.

Coventry University Professor, Elena Gaura has been given a prestigious place in the UK’s Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) for 2021, awarded by The Women’s Engineering Society in association with The Guardian newspaper and Assystem.

The UK digital skills gap is a growing problem and as it has recently been reported that larger corporations have appealed to the Government to help with the shortage. It is time to encourage more women into the sector and kill two birds with one stone. Electronic Specifier’s Anna Flockett explains more.

There are many barriers and challenges when it comes to gender equality issues in business and technology, and we have highlighted many throughout this column. Electronic Specifier’s Anna Flockett delves deeper into the Reykjavik Index.

In recent years, girls and women are showing more interest in pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers than ever before. From GCSEs to university courses, we are seeing a gradual shift towards STEM subjects, and it is important to keep this momentum going.

Kate Jillings, Founder of tech company, ToucanTech has said that despite all the work being done to encourage women into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) careers, coding remains a very male-dominated world. Kate builds community and fundraising software used primarily in schools and other educational institutions which enables them to manage all their community activities in one place.

As we very recently celebrated International Women’s Day, there is no better time to sing the praises of an incredible lady in the technology industry - Sudha Mani, a business technology speaker, STEM ambassador and tech and digital entrepreneur. Anna Flockett reports.

The latest instalment of the DSEI Defence Leaders Webinars was centred the building and retention of a diverse and talented workforce and was hosted once again by Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Gary Waterfall, Senior Defence Adviser for Clarion Defence and Security.

Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), a day when countries all over the world celebrate the achievements of women. IWD has been observed since the early 1900s and each year the organisers choose a new theme as a banner under which they can unify the direction of everyone’s efforts and help raise awareness. This year’s theme is 'Choose to Challenge' and we can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias a...