Next generation of senior leaders to help ‘make strides’ in D&I
A new cohort of engineering and energy leaders has graduated from the AFBE’s 'Transcend' programme amid a push for greater diversity amongst top management.
AFBE-UK Scotland
D&I progress? Yes, but ‘still too many NDAs being signed’, says stalwart
Progress is being made on D&I in the oil and gas sector, says AFBE-UK's Ollie Folayan, but there's still much more work to do.
Diversity group AFBE-UK strengthens leadership team with key appointments
Diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK has strengthened its leadership team with two key appointments.
Five ways for the energy industry to shift the dial on inclusion in 2023
I remember once being in a queue at a newsagent in Croydon, London when a gentleman approached me with the excitement of someone who had just discovered they were the heir to a huge fortune and said, “This is the end of racism!”.
New Years Honours: AFBE’s Ollie Folayan made MBE for diversity and inclusion work
Oluwole “Ollie” Folayan has spoken of his honour having been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours.
Offshore energy sector still struggling on representation frontline
Offshore energy companies are still struggling on the issue of representation, an industry expert has said, as it still does not reflect its own community of workers.
2022 is pivotal year for the energy sector – on several fronts
Ollie Folayan, chair of AFBE-UK Scotland, looks at the key talking points for the year ahead from his hopes for diversity and inclusion to transition and the future for energy workers.
‘Getting the mix of voices right’: Our panel of experts give verdicts on COP26
With COP26 now in the rear-view mirror, Energy Voice has assembled a panel of experts to give their verdicts on whether the summit really was a climate change turning point.
Diversity celebrated at AFBE-UK awards
Hundreds of people gathered at a special awards event to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the energy industry.
AFBE-UK Scotland awards to be held in Aberdeen next month
Hundreds of people are to gather in Aberdeen next month to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the energy industry.
‘Still a lot’ to be done on diversity in the North Sea, says BP boss
A senior oil and gas figure says more companies need to take diversity and inclusion “seriously” in order to drive real change in the sector.
AFBE-UK Scotland and Aberdeen University agree diversity and inclusion partnership
Social enterprise AFBE-UK Scotland has teamed up with Aberdeen University’s School of Engineering to support its diversity and inclusion strategy.
2020: an implausible year – but lessons for the future
The Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie once spoke of being told by a writing tutor that a plot she had written of a middle-class African family was inauthentic. She was met with disbelief when she revealed the story was autobiographical.
AFBE-UK Scotland Diversity and Inclusion Awards shortlist announced
BP, Baker Hughes and Spirit Energy are among those that have made the shortlist for AFBE-UK Scotland's 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
AFBE-UK Scotland and Spirit Energy team up to give youngsters from under-represented groups career advice
Students and graduates facing up to the challenges of finding work in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have an opportunity to gain career advice at an online event next week.
Oil leaders ‘conspicuous by their silence’ on racism and global protests, says AFBE-UK
Some oil industry leaders have been “conspicuous by their silence” on racism and global protests, according to the chairman of a group for black and minority (BME) engineers.
Diversity celebrated at inaugural industry awards
More than 230 people gathered at a special event to celebrate diversity in the UK’s oil and gas sector.
New awards event to celebrate diversity in North Sea
A new awards event has been launched to celebrate diversity in the energy sector.
North Sea safety focus for Aberdeen University event
A special talk on operational safety in the North Sea will be held at Aberdeen University this week.
University events to support aspiring engineers in Aberdeen
A group that helps aspiring engineers get into the oil and gas industry is staging two events at universities in Aberdeen later this month.
Aberdeen pupils inspired to engineer their future
Pupils at Aberdeen’s Kincorth Academy were given crash course in engineering yesterday.