THE VITAL NEED FOR FEMALE ENGINEERS
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On 12th November 2012, Mediaplanet, the leading international publishing house, released a 12 page special interest report Women in Engineering within The Guardian newspaper.
The report aimed to address the gender divide in what has traditionally been an extremely male dominated industry, and one that is in desperate need of greater gender diversity. With insight from leading associations working to eradicate this problem, such as the Engineering Council, the UKRC and WISE, the Women’s Engineering Society and the IET, the report draws on the experience of those in the industry and explores why there is such a vital need for more female engineers.
The Need to Adapt
Helen Woolaston, Director of the UKRC suggests that there is a problem attracting women into the industry after graduation – whilst women make up 17 per cent of engineering students, they make up only 6 per cent of professional engineers. Outdated stereotypes and inflexible working environments are seen as some of the most important factors deterring women from a career in engineering, and Wollaston suggests that engineering firms need to adapt in order to attract the best talent, and many are currently making positive steps to ensure this.
Rising stars Changing the face of engineering
Starting out Deciding which route to take
Back on track The positive impacts of a career break
ENGINEERING WOMEN IN
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
‘Every day is different with new challenges’ Kate Cooksey talks about why she loves her job as a senior tunnel design engineer
PHOTO: PROVIDED BY MORGAN SINDALL
Join us as Gabby Logan presents the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award winner 2012 6th December 2012 n IET London: Savoy Place
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www.theiet.org/ywe With thanks to our 2012 headline sponsors: The Institution of Engineering and Technology is registered as a Charity in England & Wales (no 211014) and Scotland (no SC038698), Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, SG1 2AY, United Kingdom. Intel, the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other Countries.
2107-IET-YWE-201x40_AW.indd 1 Role Models
Within the report, Mediaplanet talk to a number of inspirational women, all pursuing careers in engineering – and loving it! Kate Cooksey, a senior tunnel design engineer at Morgan Sindall loves the variety she gets
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from her job. ‘Every day is different with new challenges’ she says. Kalpana Gosai, a chartered engineer at Jaguar Land Rover explains how her love of science and engineering was inspired by watching science- based TV shows as a child, and
No. 1 / Nov ’12
Photo by Bill Walters
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