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Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers

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Diversity and inclusion awards by AFBE-UK Scotland

Awards event that will champion diversity and inclusion in 2021.

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.

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 Chair joins the Hamilton Commission

Dr Nike Folayan is one of the 14 commissioners invited to join the Lewis Hamilton Commission

AFBE-UK partners Oxford University to improve minority participation in engineering courses.

AFBE-UK is excited to announce its partnership with the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, who join the organisation as its newest member.

Leonardo becomes the first aerospace and defence company to forge links with AFBE-UK

Leonardo and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) have formed a partnership to increase diversity at the defence engineering company, which has over 7,500 employees across the UK, to “build an inclusive culture for all of its people and to help attract a richer diversity of job applicants to the business”.

When Females Lead forges partnership with AFBE-UK in Africa

AFBE-UK is delighted to announce its partnership with When Females Lead a Zambian based not for profit organisation

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

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 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

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.

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.

Allyship the key to diversity

An article on Allyship curated by AFBE-UK Chair Dr Ollie Folayan

AFBE-UK Scotland wins Grit Awards

Hundreds of nominations were received from across the world, encompassing oil and gas, utilities, alternative energy, academia, and non-government organizations (NGOs). A selection team narrowed the list down to finalists and removed all identifying information. An external panel of judges then chose the winners.

AFBE-UK Diversity and Inclusion Awards shortlist announced

BP, Baker Hughes, Spirit Energy and IMRANDD are just some of the companies that have made the shortlist of the 2020 AFBE-UK Scotland Diversity and Inclusion Awards.

Why AFBE-UK matters

Organisations with a diverse range of employees are well placed to understand the needs of a wide range of customers.

My Transition Story

The least important thing

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

AFBE-UK Response to COVID 19

A Call to Action: D&I in Engineering

AFBE-UK statement on recently released secondary school examination results

Allyship the key to diversity

AFBE-UK Scotland wins Grit Awards

AFBE-UK Diversity and Inclusion Awards shortlist announced

Why AFBE-UK matters

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NASA Space Robots

January 23, 2021

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Coping with redundancies

January 27, 2021

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