On Wednesday 8th March Richmond upon Thames College (RuTC) students celebrated International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD) with this year’s theme #EmbraceEquity.

Students visited the atrium to chat to staff members about their thoughts on how we can encourage change at RuTC and celebrate women.

RuTC’s Student Engagement and Equalities Lead, Beth Pattison, and Equality and Diversity Champion, Shahbaz Hasan spent some time engaging with students and discussing the main themes around this year’s IWD.

International Women’s Day is important to celebrate as it supports social, economic, cultural and political advancement for women.

Each year, the day shows the progression we have made as a society but also further highlights what still needs to change.

At RuTC we are proud to have four female Heads of Schools/ Assistant Heads of Schools in our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) provision which is typically considered a male dominated area.

With the imminent start of our new STEM building which will house the latest industry standard state of the art equipment we hope to welcome more female students onto our STEM courses and help them on their STEM career journeys.

To find out more about the development of our new STEM building, click here