EDF Energy and InterEngineering invite you to join us on the 25th of May for a workshop on influencing your company’s supply chain to spread diversity and inclusion.The workshop will feature special guest speakers Andy Horne the Head of EDF Energy’s Supply Chain and another guest speaker to be announced shortly. The guest speakers will help us to learn about …
Tour of Rolls-Royce Control Systems, Birmingham
Following on from the success of our first joint event last year, InterEngineering Midlands and Rolls-Royce are proud to once again be working together! Taking place in their newest and most modern facility, the Derwent Building is located on the Birmingham Business Park and is the home of Rolls-Royce Control Systems, who are responsible for manufacturing both the electronic intelligence …
National Student Pride 2018
InterEngineering attended National Student Pride on the 10th of February to provide representation for the engineering industry to over 1000 students who attended the event. Students travelled from across the UK to the city of London which hosted panel discussions, fun events and a large careers fair. Many engineering companies were present at student pride including: EDF Energy BuroHappold Engineering …
Allies Creating Inclusive Workplaces
On the 8th of November at the offices of Arup in Manchester we had an evening discussion on ‘Allies Creating Inclusive Workplaces’. Speakers included Warrick Matthews, Executive Vice President of Rolls-Royce Control Systems and Co-sponsor of Prism (Rolls-Royce LGBT staff network) and Alex Morris, Senior Civil Structural Engineer at Arup and an active member of Arup Connect Out (LGBT+ Staff Network). …
InterQuiz 2017
On Thursday 22nd June 2017, we teamed up again with OffSite and KPMG to host the second annual InterQuiz. KPMG hosted the event in the delightful Winter Garden reception with stunning views across Canary Wharf. Our charity partner for 2017 was ELOP, a holistic lesbian and gay centre that offers a range of social, emotional and support services to LGBT …
What’s it Like Being LGBT in Engineering? – Positive Video Profiles
People still think of engineering as a profession reserved only for white heterosexual men. But the industry is changing, with more women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds and the LGBT community all making a valuable contribution to the profession. 2017 marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales. To celebrate this, InterEngineering has partnered with Mott MacDonald and the Royal Academy of …
In Conversation: Being Transgender in Engineering (Part 1)
I did not knowingly know any members of the transgender community until late 2015. I was at a KPMG event representing InterEngineering and recognised the leading transgender role model on Twitter, Jacqui Gavin. Jacqui has led on change within the Civil Service, works with the LGBT Foundation and is National Chair of a:Gender, the national Civil Service network for gender …
Pride in London 2016
Pride is a time for celebration for the LGBT community. From May through to September, the country celebrates from many small festivals to large major parades in our cities. In 2014, I attended Pride in London and took the picture below from LGBT network Freehold with an arrow pointing saying “engineer”. I stood in the crowd seeing some engineering firms …
Midlands Group Launch
Thursday 2nd June saw the launch of our third regional group: InterEngineering Midlands. Regional Co-chairs Charlotte Robinson and Fiona Connor organised the “Starting Out” event at The Loft Lounge in the heart of the Gay Village in Birmingham. Peter (Gracey) and I were there to support. The event was a great success with over 30 engineers attending from a broad …
House of Commons Reception for InterEngineering Report
In November 2015, we published our first report “Engineering Action: Tackling Homophobia in Engineering“, co-authored by Mark McBride-Wright, Chair & Co-founder of InterEngineering, Alec Shelbrooke MP for Elmet & Rothwell and Joshua Harvey, Parliamentary Caseworker, and also including a foreword by Lord Browne of Madingley, former CEO of BP and author of The Glass Closet. The report highlights further action …
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