Engineering Council

Mandy Lester of Atkins wins WES’ Karen Burt Award for best new female Chartered Engineer

Published: 30/10/2019

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Mandy Lester MPhys CEng MIChemE on winning the Karen Burt Memorial Award. The annual award from the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) recognises a woman who has recently achieved the status of Chartered Engineer (CEng) and demonstrates both excellence and potential in engineering, applied science and IT. Mandy Lester was presented with the award on 30 October 2019 at the Caroline Haslett Lecture and WES Awards ceremony. …

Registrants recognised in WES Top 50 Women in Engineering 2019

Published: 24/06/2019

15 professionally registered engineers and technicians have been included in this year’s Women’s Engineering Society (WES) UK Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) …

Women in engineering - INWED 2019

Published: 21/06/2019

We have spoken to some talented and inspiring women registrants about their careers, achievements and how they discovered engineering. …

Nominate a female Chartered Engineer - Karen Burt Award

Published: 22/03/2019

£1,000 will be awarded to the winner of the Karen Burt Memorial Award …

Engineering and science professional bodies benchmark performance on D&I

Published: 15/02/2018

Engineering and science professional bodies benchmark performance on D&I …

Engineering and science professional bodies benchmark performance on diversity and inclusion for the first time

Published: 07/02/2018

Professional bodies benchmark performance on diversity and inclusion …

New Government Envoy for the Year of Engineering announced

Published: 06/11/2017

Stephen Metcalfe MP appointed as Government Envoy for the Year of Engineering. …

Best new female Chartered Engineer - Madeleine Jones of Sellafield Ltd wins WES’s Karen Burt Award

Published: 03/11/2017

The Women's Engineering Society has announced the winner of the Karen Burt Award 2017 as Madeleine Jones CEng of Sellafield Ltd. …

New toolkit to help recruit more women into engineering apprenticeships

Published: 30/06/2017

Three engineering organisations have worked together to create a toolkit to help businesses recruit more women and girls into the sector through apprenticeships …

Celebrating women in engineering

Published: 26/06/2017

On 23 June 2017 a raft of activities and celebrations took place across the country to mark and celebrate the contribution of women to engineering …