Susan is the Founder of Oxford Human Performance, a coaching and training company which teaches high performance soft skills to people and companies in the space sector. Susan has over a decade of experience working in the space sector. She began at ESA as the Human Behaviour and Performance Instructor at the European Astronaut Centre […]
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Ioana El Kraye Ziade is currently a Master’s Student of Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) who loves experimenting, designing and building devices from scratch. During her Bachelor Thesis, she worked on controlling a drone using neural networks. Currently, she works in an exciting ESA Academy project to investigate whether the properties
STEM EDUCATION IN EUROPE In recent decades, institutions and governments have recognised a persistent, very low uptake of STEM studies throughout the whole education process, especially in the case of girls. Many targeted campaigns have taken place but the situation has not significantly changed. From a very early age, a significant amount of STEM potential
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SMART WORKING – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Working smarter, not harder in the Space Industry Over the past two years, traditional working models have had to adapt to overcome the challenges of the pandemic. As workers are now beginning to transition back into the office, there is a shift towards adopting remote working policies in combination
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DISCUSSION: WOMEN IN THE C-SUITE Presented during the World Space Week 2021, the >>White Paper has looked into roadblocks women experience when growing into top positions, and steps that can be taken to improve the representation of women in C-Suite roles. In this event, the WIA-Europe Working Group invites you to a lively conversation on
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Increasing Visibility of Female STEM Experts in Conferences & Media in the Aerospace Sector The acknowledgement of women as highly skilled professionals and experts, especially in traditionally male-dominated sectors, heavily depends on how they are being presented across all forms of media as well as at relevant public and professional events. Despite a number of
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As part of the implementation phase of the >>Skills gap in the Aerospace sector working group, the team members interview many inspiring individuals in the Aerospace domain. In an attempt to map out a variety of professions, skill sets, job profiles and career paths, the interview series “Space for Coffee” will be aired in the
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This in-person workshop will be held in French. In partnership with Lune Bleue, WIA-E Toulouse proposes a brand new workshop to empower women and how to Lift your feeling of illegitimacy to develop your career! During this one-hour masterclass by Jenny Chammas, founder and CEO of Coachappy, we will cover the following topics: 1 – The obstacles
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Do you want to meet several professionals, women like you, who have taken a step forward and have decided to apply to be a future astronaut? Do you want to know what their concerns are, and what has led them to take this step to achieve their dreams? If you are curious or space is
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Anny Cazenave, >>recipient of the WIA-Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2021 shares her thoughts on her personal pathway into the space sector and how we can increase the number of women in leadership positions. WIA-E: Tell us a bit about why you chose a career in aerospace, and how you got into your field of specialisation?
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