News & Updates

Black History Month is a time to recognize and celebrate Black History and achievements.

In this Diversify the Future Q&A series, we interview our Head of Communications, Laura Brown.

Laura was introduced to STEM early on with a nurse and engineer as parents. From her first marketing jobs that ranged from law to logistics - she found her passion within technology and engineering. Laura talks about her own school experiences, how she feels STEM education has progressed, and what still needs to be done to make it an accessible career path for all.

Throughout STEM initiatives, we hear that representation is the key to influencing underrepresented communities. Professionals representing aspects of ourselves – class, gender, ethnicity, and cultural background – can make a career or subject more approachable. As humans it is in our biological makeup to follow the herd – especially if that herd looks and behaves like us.

Under-represented communities only make up a small proportion of the STEM workforce, but disparities exist long before people enter employment.

Collaboration is essential to the success of the STEM industries. This is especially true when harnessing a more expansive and diverse talent pool that supports underrepresented communities who may face challenges, roadblocks, and obstacles that inhibit their access to education within the STEM fields of learning.

Layoffs in 'Big Tech' have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Now reports are emerging that these layoffs are having an adverse impact on diversity in more ways than one.

In our second Q&A interview, we interview Dellavinta Muliady, our Diversify the Future Ambassador, who shares her story of learning about new STEM discoveries and activities through her experiences at boarding school and how they shaped her into the person she is today.

In our first Q&A interview with the Diversify team is Maureen Ferrer, our Communications Executive, shares her early experiences of STEM and how that's shaped her career ambitions to date.

Diversity has long been an issue in the technology sector. While many companies are implementing programs and schemes to address the issue, not enough has been done to address the problem.

Highly skilled tech roles can be tough to fill, with top talent highly sought after. When looking to fill positions quickly, many companies turn to personal networks of hiring managers or employees; however, that often results in homogeneity, harming innovation and growth.