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Winners and Finalist in Colour, the EMWA 2018

WINNER of the East Midlands Inspirational Female Leader of the Year 2018 is Professor Rachel  Thomson Professor Thomson is an international researcher and Professor of Materials Engineering at Loughborough University.  Professor Thomson has recently become the first female Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.  http://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2018/september/rachel-thomson-elected-fellow-of-raeng/https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2018/september/50-engineering-leaders-become-fellows-of-the-royal Professor Thomson also won the Outstanding Women in STEM Award 2018.   […]

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Awards Cerebrates Inspirational Women of the East Midlands

The East Midlands’ most inspirational women have been celebrated in a glittering awards dinner in Leicester, held at the city’s St Martin’s House with special guests including Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Michael Kapur, Esq OBE. The East Midlands Women’s Awards (EMWA) – now in its second year – recognizes and celebrates women from […]

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Women led SME’s add £70bn to UK Plc

The report by the Women’s Business Council (WBC) makes for very good and at times stark reading.  Entitled ‘Maximising women’s contribution to future economic growth’ and published in July 2013  this reports makes the case for businesses and the UK government to take greater steps to support and increase the opportunities for women to make an even […]

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