BAME women academics in STEM face ‘compounded disadvantage’
Female academics at universities experience consistent disadvantages across multiple aspects of their working lives according to research released today by the Equality Challenge Unit.
Staying in the black – facing the Budget
Overall, women worry that the Budget impacts disproportionately on them, but this is not the conversation I've found myself having with my BME female friends.
Hidden Figures: Rocket science and smashing STEM industry stereotypes
Hidden Figures serves as a truly inspiring example of women, men and machine working together to make ground-breaking achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
UK has lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe
A report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology showed that between 2012–2015, women made up 47 per cent of the UK's workforce but only 13 per cent of STEM workers.
Funke Abimbola on diversity in business and the legal profession
After enduring discrimination and struggling to get an entry level role in corporate law, Funke Abimbola is now the most senior black lawyer in her field.
More female and black minority ethnic applicants appointed to Queen’s Counsel than before
Women account for 31 of the 113 candidates who have been appointed to the Queen’s Counsel, while the number of black and minority ethnic candidates went up from nine to 16 appointees.
