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Women in STEM at IPO

We are actively seeking to recruit more women into our specialist roles, and remove unintended barriers for all our women to progress in the workplace.

With support of our STEM ambassadors and our Women’s Network, this year we have:

  • A programme of work to raise the profile of Patent Examining as a career, seeking out more opportunities to speak at schools, universities and take advantage of media opportunities.
  • Continuing a STEM based outreach programme in local schools and universities, delivering talks to students, aiming to inspire girls and women to study and build careers in these fields.
  • Invested in a STEM Returner scheme to help those who have been out of the STEM environment close the gap in their CV.
  • Our Men’s Network reviewed our Shared Parental Leave policy, refreshed the guidance and created videos to encourage more people to take advantage of it.
  • Developed a Returners Mentoring Programme that is targeted at people who have been on long-term leave to help them return to work more easily and confidently.
  • Ensuring our outreach activity is diverse and attractive in it’s messaging so it presents STEM and innovation as something for everyone.
  • Started to undertake a review of all of our internal and external documents to remove gendered language.
  • Have continued to work on improving our recruitment practices, ensuring there are no barriers to women in our processes, using data to inform where we advertise, and how to improve attraction.
  • Are looking at ways to strengthen the STEM pipeline outside of the IPO for the benefit of everyone, by investing into tech training for women of all ages.
  • Have celebrated our women who have become more visible. Our Women’s Network Chair, Hazel Thorpe won Wales’ STEM Woman of the Year award.

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