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Girls’ engineering and tech aspirations under the spotlight
As the sector geared up to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June,
EngineeringUK released a report, Rapid Evidence Review – Interventions to increase girls’ aspirations for engineering and technology careers, ‘bringing together the available evidence on interventions that aim to increase girls’ aspirations for engineering and technology careers’. EngineeringUK says
that ‘despite some improvements, women are still significantly underrepresented in engineering and technology’ – making up just 16.5% of the engineering workforce, compared with 47.7% of the overall workforce – and that ‘providing high- quality and impactful STEM outreach activities for girls is a vital part of addressing this’. A summary of existing evidence, the
report aims to inform programme design and delivery for STEM engagement practitioners and funders, and highlight gaps where more evidence is needed. Anna Horgan-Jones, Evaluation manager, EngineeringUK, said: “Engineering doesn’t feature highly on school curriculums, so high-quality, impactful STEM engagement activities are vital in helping inform and inspire young girls towards these careers.
We hope the learnings identified will help STEM outreach providers, and support efforts to improve gender diversity in engineering and technology.” The five main sections
focus on activities for primary school students, programmes designed specifically for girls, role models and mentors, links to higher education, and careers and summer camps. ‘Key learnings’ include:
n The need to start engaging girls with engineering and technology activities at a young age.
n Including activities that ‘challenge gender stereotypes’ around engineering and technology.
n A need to learn about the ‘needs, interests, and preferences’, of girls when designing outreach programmes.
n ‘Understanding the limitations of gender as a binary concept’.
n How the use of role models of a similar age ‘can help bridge the developmental gap between students and professionals’.
The report also showcases a range of engineering and technology careers. To download it, visit:
https://tinyurl.com/ yckupacx
Encouraging response to call for Digest submissions
Andy Wavell reports that despite the closing date for synopses having passed, articles for the IFHE Digest 2024 still arrive, ‘which is very encouraging’.
He said: “Under review are 24 submissions covering design, Legionella, carbon reduction, earthquake building design, and staff planning. The Editorial Panel has vetted all articles received, and is happy with them. It is hoped that the authors of those finally selected will be able to produce completed articles by the closing date at the end of August. There is still time to submit an article, so I would encourage you all to either write one, or find a colleague who has a burning topic to share with his or her colleagues worldwide.” Articles can be sent to
editorial@ifhedigest.com
August 2023 Health Estate Journal 15
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