
Human Rights Consultation Response
Equate Scotland's Response to the Scottish Government Consultation on ‘A Human Rights Bill for Scotland’
October 2023
Equate Scotland supports gender equality in the STEM and Built Environment sectors. Taking a holistic approach,…

Employer Research: Inclusivity in STEM
Calling on STEM Employers!
Equate Scotland is conducting research into inclusivity in Scotland’s STEM sectors and are looking for employers to participate. Organisations often ask us how they can get involved in our mission to support gender…

Equate Research Survey – Women’s lived experiences of the Scottish STEM industry
Equate Scotland is conducting research into women's and non-binary peoples’ lived experiences of the Scottish STEM sectors. We are hoping to use this research to get a baseline measurement of how included women feel within the STEM industries.
There…

International Women’s Day 2023: Digital Inclusion for Gender Equality
This year we are celebrating International Women’s Day with the theme of DigitALL – digital inclusion for gender equality, a theme Equate was excited to see highlighted by the UN. Digital inclusion is vital for a number of reasons, it is…

Reflections on Attending the Data Summit 2022
By Ellen Simpson, Watt Women
The Watt Women in STEM society was invited to attend the 2022 Data Summit on the theme of “Hope” on the 3rd of November with tickets kindly provided by Equate Scotland. Other society members and I arrived…

How Inclusive are your Job Adverts?
Equate CareerHub works with employers to make their job descriptions more appealing to women in STEM by removing gendered language and reducing unconscious bias.
How does unconscious bias affect recruitment?
Our background, personal…

“Inspiring and Career Defining” Reflections from June’s Women in Data Science Course
From 6-9th June, Equate Scotland in collaboration with The DataLab and Codeclan delivered another successful Women in Data Science online experiential learning event. Learners from all over Scotland joined us for the 3.5 day course, each eager…

Enabling NeuroDiverse Inclusive Scientific Careers Research
Enabling NeuroDiverse Inclusive Science Careers (ENDISC) was funded by the Natural and Environmental Sciences Research Council, which aimed to improve the inclusion of early career disabled and neurodivergent researchers based in natural and…

Joan Davidson Fund Reopens
Joan Davidson Round 4 Grant Applications are Open!
Who was Joan?
Joan Davidson was an advocate and supporter of women and girls’ journeys into STEM. She had been with Edinburgh Science for 12 years as Head of Learning and stood out for…

Fully funded ‘Creating Diverse Workplace’ series in February and beyond
Funded by the Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council, Equate Scotland, the Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE), and The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) are partnering to deliver the Increasing…

Women Returners’ Data Science Course
Equate Scotland is partnering with Code Division (@codedivision_uk) to deliver an 8-week training programme supporting women returners to reskill and upskill in Data Science. This course is funded by Skills Development Scotland on behalf of…

Insights from Equate’s Director – November 2021
The 25th of November marked the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism for the elimination of violence against women and girls. The fact that in 2021, we still need such a campaign seems tragic, but unfortunately there is still so much to do…