On WENsdays...

Welcome to a new season of On WENsdays! Today’s episode features WEN Leaders -Jess (host) with Shauntell, Sophia, Isabella as guests to spill the tea from the confession box we collected from you all. They’ll be sharing all the juicy confessions that were sent in. From last-minute submissions and lab mishaps to the pressure of trying to keep it all together, we’re sharing our own stories and hearing from others about the ins and outs of the degree! Grab a coffee, take a break from your studies to join us On Wednesdays.

Welcome to a new season of On WENsdays! Today's episode features WEN Leaders Jess and Siying as your hosts. They'll be sharing their top tips and advice on practicing healthy habits and wellness so you can survive a stressful uni environment, especially within engineering.

Even though Chantelle and Divya have basically finished their Engineering studies, they can still remember first year like it was yesterday. In this podcast episode, the pair reminisce about the good old days (it was only three years ago) and give an insider's glance into being a first-year Engineering student. Buckle up for cringe stories, unsolicited mum advice and personal anecdotes about their fresher experience.

In the second instalment of 'On WENsdays' our hosts Chantelle and Divya discuss the myths and assumptions surrounding being an Engineering student. Join our hosts as they read anonymous confessions submitted by real-life Engineering students and learn whether life really is like that.

In today's introductory episode, we take a deep dive into Chantelle and Divya's life experiences as a Woman in Engineering at UoA. The two new hosts share detailed stories from their pasts, hilarious anecdotes about their misadventures navigating Engineering, and how they became the people they are today. Tune in to learn everything there is to know about them in Episode 1: Meet the hosts.

In our premiere episode, we talk all about what exactly WEN is. Special guest and co-founder Rosalind Archer shares the beginnings of WEN and we chat to Aditi, Mikayla, Tanvi and Chantelle, some of our WEN Leaders working hard to carry out WEN's mission. This blended episode is sure to keep you on your toes. For our long-time followers, we hope to shed some new light on all our work and for any newcomers, we’ll introduce what WEN is all about. 

See how engineers are innovating solutions in a time of global crises. Michelle Dickinson, a nano-technologist, science educator and co-founder of Nanogirl Labs reinvented her business to address the need for children to learn science at home and to educate them about the COVID pandemic. Olaf Diegel , professor at the University of Auckland and known for his expertise in 3d printing, recognized the need to get PPE to people and began to design and produce face shields to distribute locally. Sueyeon Lee a software developer at Xero and recent university of auckland graduate will talk about the hackathon that Xero hosted to formulate solutions to help their customers during COVID.

In this WEN podcast episode, Imogen and Janice sit down with WEN allies Avery and Connor to chat about all things first-year engineering. They share friendly advice for students thinking about engineering while still in high school, what that first year is really like, and how to choose between halls and flatting. It’s full of honest tips, personal stories, and little things they wish they’d known, perfect for anyone about to start their engineering journey, whether you're doing a straight engineering degree or mixing it up with a conjoint!