Doodles of scientists reveal changing gender stereotypes
An experiment which asks children to draw a researcher has revealed how gender stereotypes are slowly changing over time. The study, from researchers at Northwestern University and published in the Child Development, looked at how children's gender‐science stereotypes have changed over the last five decades by analyzing the...
International Women’s Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias
This year International Women's Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias with #PressforProgress. Watch Our Born to Engineer Film Pushing Boundaries - Women in Engineering - Follow Dawn Bonfield on her journey looking at some incredible and inspiring stories of female engineers - could the next...
Natural History Museum shares the inspiring stories of women in science and research
The Natural History Museum is home to more than 300 scientists who spend their days inside collections, storeroom and labs at the Museum. For me science is all about problem solving, which is why it’s so important to have people from a diverse range of back grounds working...
International Day of the Girl – Let’s celebrate the role of Women In Engineering
11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl since 2012. The day aims to "highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights" according to the UN. We fully support that sentiment....
Fancy a career in HS2? Now is your perfect opportunity
Young people with an aptitude for engineering are being offered a help to construct career on the back of it. Next Monday The National College for High-Speed Rail will open its doors. The College is offering a bursary scheme to provide financial support for young women, those...
Engineering a difference – Dr Priyanka Dhopade talks to Scienceblog
Dr Priyanka Dhopade, Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Osney Thermo-Fluid Laboratory, is breaking down barriers in more ways than one. Dr Dhopade works in partnership with Rolls-Royce, and her work focuses on the aerodynamics of jet engines (specifically controlling the temperature inside the engine). She is in...