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Members of AFBE-UK across the UK were to visit 10 Downing Street on 26th October 2018 for a meeting with Nero Ughwujabo, the Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on social justice, young people and opportunities.

Deadline extension for diversity and inclusion awards

Entries for AFBE-UK awards event that will champion diversity and inclusion in extended.

How You Can Make Engineering Hot

Join our crowdfunding campaign - We need your help to raise £30,000 for the Making Engineering Hot (MEH) programme.

AFBE-UK statement on recently released secondary school examination results

At an event organised by the Royal Academy of Engineering in June, Dr Ollie Folayan emphasised the need for our educational system to redefine fairness in the wake of COVID-19.

AFBE welcomes Coventry University

AFBE-UK would like to welcome Coventry University as a Corporate Partner and are excited to work with them on a number of programmes including Transition and Real Projects.

My Transition Story in 2020

Recent 2020 graduate Augustina Ginikanwa, of Information Technology from RGU shares his story on support from AFBE-UK Scotland

AFBE-UK promotes higher achievements in education and engineering particularly among people from black and minority ethnicity (BME) backgrounds. Our mission is to increase the number of BME Engineers who succeed professionally and support young people to explore a career in engineering.

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AFBE-UK highlights

My Transition Story

Graduate Engineer Ally Mamgain shares her story on securing a job in the engineering industry

Top UK engineering company joins AFBE-UK

One of the world's leading engineering professional services firms has become an organisational member of AFBE-UK.

AFBE-UK appoints industry veteran to Advisory Board

MD Caledonian Flow Systems Ltd, Denis Pinto has been appointed to the advisory board.

The Innovation Showcase

On Friday 24th May, one of our flagship programmes; Transition was for the first time exhibited as a show case of bright ideas from individuals making positive impacts in the community

The least important thing

Dr Ollie Folayan writes for the OGV Energy, a leading engagement platform for the energy sector, focused on delivering industry news, events, digital media and recruitment solutions.

AFBE-UK launches Chess Club

In August, we held our first Chess Club event, and it was a great success! Chess Club is all about strategically thinking about your next career move, and the event was open to anyone interested in taking the next step in their career.

Chair of AFBE-UK Scotland appointed to OGUK diversity and inclusion task group.

AFBE-UK Scotland chair Dr Ollie Folayan has been appointed to the new body set up to champion diversity and inclusion in the oil and gas industry.

AFBE-UK members listed in FT’s top 100 women in Engineering

Five AFBE-UK members are being recognised for their contribution to the engineering industry in the recently published Financial Times top 100 women influencing the UK engineering sector list

Engineering gender pay gap in the UK less than feared, but still requires action

Research published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering indicates that the gender pay gap is smaller in the engineering profession than the UK employee average. The mean (10.8%) and median (11.4%) pay gap for engineers in the sample analysed is around two thirds the national average.

AFBE-UK 2019 Annual Report now OUT!

The 2019 Report and Newsletter is now out. This newsletter celebrates a decade of growth and influence as AFBE-UK embarks on a new decade. Our Chairperson was awarded an MBE for Services to Diversity in Engineering in the Queen's New Years Honours list 2020. There is an article by PSE on Creating Genuine Diversity and Inclusion not focused on quotas.

AFBE-UK Response to COVID 19

The current COVID-19 pandemic across the world means that AFBE-UK has had to review our upcoming plans for the year and act accordingly

A Call to Action: D&I in Engineering

It’s the tragedy that has the whole world talking, yet it’s not new

As we saw video clips showing the needless murder of yet another black person George Floyd, in America, we were filled with sadness.