Sonya Byers, Chief Executive Officer of Women in Transport, Patron of Women on the Move Against Cancer, and Trustee of parkrun global, has been honoured with an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024. This prestigious award recognises her exceptional contributions to diversity and inclusion within the transport industry, her dedicated efforts in supporting cancer awareness and research, and her significant role in promoting community health and well-being through parkrun.
Read MoreApplications for Advance 2021, the mentoring programme designed for women in transport, launch on 1 October 2020. In this blog, Women in Transport member, Charlie Barnes, shares her experience of being an Advance 2020 mentee and the benefits of getting a fresh perspective on challenges that you’re facing to advance your professional development.
Read MoreSteve Griffiths joined Women in Transport as a mentor for the Advance 2019 cohort. He has since been a regular at networking events and joined our team for the Big Transport and Logistics Diversity Challenge in June. Here Steve discusses his experience as a mentor and his career advice for people working in transport.
Read MoreLast month, we headed out to Reading for our first Spring Reception outside London. It was an inspirational evening with a keynote from Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair of Network Rail, followed by a panel discussion focusing on supporting career advancement for frontline and operational staff with women from across the transport sector who have direct experience of the issues, challenges and opportunities.
Read MoreSharon Daly is the Chief Operating Officer at Steer. Sharon is accountable for the operational aspects across the company’s 20 offices in Europe, North America, South America and India. Sharon was a mentor in the pilot year of our Advance programme and has continued to meet with her mentee. In this guest blog, Sharon shares her experience of being an Advance mentor and shares her advice for women working in the transport sector looking to progress their career.
Read MoreIn a male-dominated sector, men are essential in championing and supporting the careers of women working in transport. 50% of our Advance mentors are men, in this blog, Matthew Reagan discusses how he became one of them and provides advice for women looking to progress in the transport sector.
Read MoreTXM Recruit has sponsored the Advance mentoring programme for two years. TXM Group Director, Gary Lincoln, has been a mentor in both years. Here he discusses why TXM supports Women in Transport and why he is personally so passionate about promoting gender balance in transport and engineering.
Read MoreVice president, Sonya Veerasamy talks about launching a second year of Advance, our mentoring programme supporting the professional development of Women in Transport members.
Read More Women in Transport is delighted to announce that applications are now open for Advance - our mentoring programme designed to support the professional development of Women in Transport members.
Mentoring is a powerful tool to support career development at a time when representation of women in the transport has decreased
Read MoreIt was a landmark moment for Women in Transport last week as we joined our Advance mentors and mentees for training with EW Group.
The Advance mentoring programme is a pilot scheme that Angela Gainsford, Christine Hurley and I have been collaborating on for a year. It was wonderful to see this work culminate in a boardroom full of talented women, working across the transport sector, passionate about the industry and committed to progressing their careers.
Read MoreApplications are now closed for the Advance mentoring programme. Thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to submit an application to be a mentor or mentee. We will be contacting all the applicants at the end of next week to confirm their place for the training session on 22 November.
Read MoreWomen in Transport is delighted to announce the launch of Advance - a mentoring programme designed exclusively to support the professional development of our members and sponsored by ENGIE and TXM Recruit. Applications to be a mentor or mentee are open until 31 October 2017.
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