WES 2023 Student Conference

23 November 2023

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) will be holding their annual student conference on the 1st December from 9am to 5pm, at the Horizon  Leeds conference centre.

The WES Student Conference attracts around 100 students every year who come together to not only hear from inspirational speakers, but to attend workshops as well as network with key figures in the engineering world. This is an unmissable highlight of the WES calendar.

The conference is open to all engineering students and apprentices with a focus on providing advice and guidance on all aspect of career progression.

The event starts with a session led by the Royal Engineers which sees teams having to use their skills and expertise to work together to solve a problem. This is followed by WES Trustee, Professor Vince Pizzoni. Vince is passionate about encouraging Women to pursue careers in engineering and will be talking about ‘How to get a graduate job in 6 months!'

Alongside this there will be workshops on 'Writing a CV', 'Presentation Skills' and much more. WES CEO will also be delivering a talk on 'Building Your Confidence' which will provide invaluable advice for students across the board. Attendees will also hear from two Engineering Entrepreneurs who will be talking about their route into business, as well as workshops on budgeting and CPD.

The conference is being held at Horizon in Leeds which is a ten-minute walk from Leeds train station. For further information and to book your ticket go to WES 2023 Student Conference.  
 

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