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WISE Partnership

The Benefits

Lynne Palmer

WISE Partnership Director

JOIN our WISE Campaign

Be PART of our WISE Network

ACCESS our WISE Benefits

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WISE promotes women in science, technology and engineering We want to help get 1million more women into STEM careers by 2020 We want to support and inspire women in STEM occupations to progress Together we can address both these needs

Who are WISE?

30 years of data,

research, reports,

interpretation and

insight

Making

the Case

Building the

Pipeline

Sustaining

the

Pipeline

A strategic approach

Inspire girls to study and build careers in STEM

Inspire organisations to see the business benefits

Convert interest into recruitment of girls into STEM courses, apprenticeships, jobs

Create environments where women can do their best work and thrive

WISE seeks to achieve its vision (30% female workforce in STEM) by

focusing efforts in three distinct areas. Success will only be achieved

by progress in all three areas.

+ Be PART of our WISE Network

- Join our network between UK Industry, education, STEM

institutes & talented individuals

UK Industry

Universities

Colleges/ Schools

Talented Women

Institutes

Unions

WISE

More women in science, technology and engineering than ever before

But we have a long way to go…

Time for a fresh approach

Girls do a quiz to find out their personality type We show them a variety of roles matching their type They meet young women just like them who are happy and

successful working in science, technology or engineering

Traditional recruitment campaign

DIFFERENT MESSAGING

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83% increase in engineering applications and a 33% increase in applications overall. Improved diversity and better quality. “Small steps make a big difference” Jane Simpson, Chief Engineer

Apprentices at WISE Awards

Challenge number 2: Retention and progression

• There are fewer women in STEM management roles today than this time last year

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Retention and progression

More women in business = better business

Get involved

• People Like Me training/bespoke pack • Training courses for women • Unconscious bias training • Targeted advertising opportunities • Corporate membership

Energise, showcase and develop your people Raise profile of your employer brand Join a growing network of employers, professional

institutions, schools, colleges, universities and trade unions working together to scale up the campaign to get 1m more women into the UK STEM workforce

+ Join our WISE Campaign

- Networking & speaker opportunities

- Monthly newsletter

- Raise your personal profile

- Informative & inspiring events

- Training

- Be a role-model

+ Access our WISE Benefits

- Energise

- Access to great Role-Models/ Mentors

- Join a WISE local hub to network

- Job marketplace

- Development opportunities

- Engagements with our Royal Patron

+ Events Coming Up

WISE knowledge sharing event – How to Engage Girls in

STEM – on 28th October

Wise awards and daytime conference on 12th November

Get involved in a local WISE Hub – Bristol & Plymouth,

Birmingham, NE

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Thank you

Lynne Palmer

WISE Partnership Director

A selection of WISE

corporate members

This presentation was delivered

at an APM event

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upcoming events please visit our

website www.apm.org.uk/events