TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Career Pathways
TOMORROW’S ENGINEERS CODE – ‘INSPIRING A BROADER TALENT POOL’
As part of the development of its wider STEM strategy, and collaborative work with EngineeringUK to drive STEM engagement in the UK, IHEEM is proud to have become a signatory of the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code.
T
he Tomorrow’s Engineers Code represents a community tasked with learning, knowledge sharing,
collaborating, and sharing best practice, with a drive towards a common goal: increasing the number and diversity of young people inspired to enter engineering and technology careers through STEM outreach. Facilitated by EngineeringUK, the Code unites over 300 educators, governments, and industry, to work as one community, all guided by a common framework, with a commitment to learning, sharing, and innovating together. The structure of the Code is centred around the four pledges, designed to drive a set of values and behaviours against which signatories can tailor their delivery in accordance with their own capabilities. These are to:
1) Inspire connection Ensuring sustained delivery of varied and real-world scenarios is crucial to fostering a positive impact on young people around engineering and technology, and encouraging the pursuit of further education and careers within the industry. By pledging to inspire connection, signatories commit to sharing knowledge and ideas with members of the Code, and utilise the network to collaborate, driving the efficacy of a national STEM strategy.
2) Drive inclusion
The benefits of an inclusive future workforce extend to all stakeholder groups – from individuals embarking on technology and engineering careers, to employers, organisations, and end-users. It is imperative for the growth of diversity
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within the industry to fund, develop, and deliver, activities that engage with underrepresented groups of all genders, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and locations. In driving accessibility, signatories contribute to a landscape of resources, activities, and experiences, which allow all young people to imagine themselves in technology and engineering careers.
3) Improve impact
The impact of programmes and experiences offered has, in turn, a direct impact on the education and career decisions made by young people. By building a greater
evidence-base of which activities deliver the greatest impact, there is a benefit to future organisational STEM strategy, as well as the engineers of tomorrow. Signatories are encouraged to develop activities using KPIs, learning outcomes, and specific goals, to collect feedback and evaluate their results, and share findings with the Code community.
4) Showcase engineering and technology
Allowing young people to see engineers and engage with roles that they can identify with is vital to empowering them to embark on a professional career within
IHEEM CEO, Pete Sellars, meets young engineers at the Faraday Challenge 2021 Finals.
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