Welcome to the Balance Project
Balance is an inclusive approach to address the balance of women in engineering.
It aims to produce a comprehensive set of initiatives to be used in higher education institutes to attract and retain women in engineering programmes.
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Latest NewsMentoring - The newest section of the Balance website contains information regarding mentoring schemes in academia, industry and schools. Click here to find out more. Balance Workshop - held at Loughborough University on Wednesday 4th September 2002. The workshop was run for partners and potential partners for the coming academic year. It provided information regarding the implementations being run at each of the partner Universities as well as useful hints and tips for a sucessful partnership. Find a report of the day here. Balance/BEES Workshop - held in Sheffield on December 7th 2001, a workshop was run for fifteen delegates to discuss the state of women in engineering today and what initiatives have been used to make changes. Read a report on this event here. AcknowledgementsThe Balance Project would like to thank HEFCE for the funding to undertake this project under the guidance of FDTL and the National Co-ordination Team - your help has been invaluable. We would also like to thank the hard work and committment given by both project evaluators, Dr Andrew Wilson of Loughborough University and Ms Helen Stone. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. |