Women In Engineering - LSBU 100

This academic year marks 100 years of teaching women in engineering at LSBU. We will be celebrating this milestone with a year of events & activities beginning with this launch event. Each month, we will be looking back on our history through to where we are today.

You'll learn about some of the incredible women who studied at LSBU over the last ten decades and meet some of our current students & staff who are undertaking fascinating research, teaching future generations of women in engineering and changing the world.

We'll also look at the importance of encouraging young women to study STEM subjects as we explore and challenge some of the barriers they often face, and the perceptions they have of the engineering world.

This event is for those interested in equality, diversity & inclusion, a range of engineering & tech disciplines and engineering research & education.

At this event, we will be...
Launching the event series and giving a breakdown the topics to come
Launching our timeline over the last hundred years
Shining a spotlight on Women in Engineering at LSBU and beyond

Event Programme

Introduction by Professor Deborah Johnston, LSBU Pro-Vice Chancellor Education
LSBU 100 - Women in Engineering Event Series Presentation. Dr Claire M Benson, Research Fellow for the School of Engineering, LSBU and curator of this event series
Putting Women Engineers on the map - 100 years of the Women's Engineering Society. Helen Close, Women's Engineering Society
The next 100 Years of Engineering. Prof Shushma Patel, Director of Education & Student Experience, LSBU
The history of Women in Engineering at LSBU. Ruth MacLeod, LSBU Archives
Panel Discussion led by Professor Deborah Johnston. How the current landscape is looking for Women in Engineering and what work needs to be done to increase visibility and accessibility.

Panellists

Dr Catarina Marques BEng (Hons), PhD, MInstR
Linda Edwards-Shea - Founder of the Women In Engineering Centre
Prof Alison Leary, Chair of Healthcare & Workforce Modelling, LSBU
Sunita Nveba Mabu, LSBU Chemical and Process Engineering Student
Event Summary by Dr Claire Benson

To find out the history over the past 100 years of Women In Engineering and LSBU, please click to see our timeline.

Once a month, the LSBU Archive team will be releasing a profile piece highlighting the achievements of Women Engineers over the past 100 years. To read these profile pieces, click the link.