Category: EngTog News

Julie Harrison received the Green Award from the Stockton Major for teaching STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and Climate Action to students across the Tees Valley.

She has presented lectures on Climate Action at the new Teesworks site and at Egglescliffe School and Sixth Form for International Women’s Day.

Julie is exhibiting student work at Billingham’s Festival of Thrift and is planning to organise an event for local engineers and organisations to discuss the Borough’s engineering history with the added context of a greener brighter future.

We continue out strong links with the Women’s Engineering Society as our work over laps in may ways. Our Chair Paula has three slots to talk about the many things we can work together on:

Educating others through Primary Voices – Engineering Together

Educating and supporting ourselves through The Line – Engineering Together

And working together with industry to shift the dial through Climate Emergency Group | Women’s Engineering Society (wes.org.uk)

We are hoping to expect more visitors to our Inclusion for Good pages, esp The Line – Engineering Together after a recent article published by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Read it in full at Shape The World By Defining #TheLine | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Julie Harrison and Paula McMahon have represented Engineering Together at the first of its kind climate coalition. This group covers the four strands of business, community, youth and creative and has the potential to act as a catalyst for real change. Act local, think global.

We are very excited to be part of this in its early stages to help contribute with our EngTog model of true collaboration and inclusion.

Lets all speak with the EngTog ONE VOICE

Outcomes not ownership

Nurturing networks

Enabling efficiency

Value one vision

Operating openness

Influencing with integrity

Collaboration with compromise

Emphasis on equality

Paula joins Jo Douglas-Harris with the prestigious award of being a Freeman of the City of London.

Congratulations ladies!

At EngTog we do love good news – our very own Jo Douglas-Harris is now a Chartered Chemist.

Huge congratulations Jo!

International Women’s Day is a day to imagine and reflect on how far we have come towards a gender equal world which is free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.

Our group has always been active during this week working alongside our WES Tyne and Tees Cluster friends and our Climate Champion, Julie Harrison, due to the significant links with SDG 5 Gender Equality.

The week included very many events which included:

. Our Chair representing EngTog and the UK at UN CSW 67

. A face to face multi sector event to a group of girls in at Outwood Academy Riverside Middlesbrough

. Attending a Power of Women Campaign event

. Part taking in Durham University’s Earth Day

. We launched our new Inclusion for Good page.

We can all help the world become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive where difference is valued and celebrated.

At Engineering Together we #EmbraceEquity.

Paula McMahon and Andrea Pearson ready to inspire girls on IWD. Photo by Julie Harrison.

It was an honour that our Chair and Founder of Primary Voices was asked to speak at Durham University on their EARTH DAY Climate Action and Impact panel.

Some of our favourite topics came up which very much echoed our ONE VOICE ethos…

Outcomes not ownership

Nurturing networks

Enabling efficiency

Value one vision

Operating openness

Influencing with integrity

Collaboration with compromise

Emphasis on equality

The room with a view was a great venue for the diverse audience to hear from a wide range of speakers from all sectors. It is clear that shouting about our many success stories and providing people with stories of hope is vital. Sharing tangible and transferable outcomes and actions is vital to ensure that others can learn from.

Thanks to all who attended the latest online Mentioning the Unmentionable event on Neurodiversity.  Listen and watch on our YouTube channel using this direct link –  https://youtu.be/pjVtllj-3J4.

Whilst everyone’s experiences are unique to themselves there were things which we can all learn from. The personal stories from Tosin, Clare and Rosie really resonated with many in our audience.

The solutions to make the world more welcoming to our speakers also offers solutions to make everyone feel more included and cared for. Our workplaces would really benefit from some of the suggestions provided. For further learning also check out Rosie’s Divergent Consulting website at https://www.divergent-consulting.co.uk.

Mary provided insights and details of online learning resource for teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs, and school leaders for supporting autistic and neurodivergent pupils. The concepts of this are also highly relevant to our STEM workplaces. For further learning check out Mary’s resource at https://www.tripleadurham.co.uk  and her other resource recommendation at https://salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans.

This series of talks on difficult subjects to inform and support is proving to be very popular. You may be interested some of the previous events in the series:

·    The Parenthood Penalty – https://youtu.be/02y_c6FdRJE

·    Menopause! – https://youtu.be/T4H9K1d6A3M

At Engineering Together we know that apprenticeships are a great way to learn while you are earning. Together we promoted and spoke to lots of different forums including….

• Schools Careers Leads from the Gateshead Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
• Students at Ponteland High School about their next career steps
• Featured in North East Apprenticeship Ambassador Network vlog
• Primary and Secondary students from the Tees Valley at Teesworks about green careers
• Working alongside other teams from the North East Apprenticeship Ambassador Network at a Bake Off at Prince William Barracks, Grantham

Can you spot Julie or Paula in the pics?