TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Tomorrow’s Engineers
of young people entering engineering and tech careers. Free to access, The Code is open to all organisations, and includes, but is not limited to, businesses, engineering institutions, government departments, professional bodies, and third sector and STEM enhancement and enrichment organisations. There are now more than 300 members of The Code, underpinned by a commitment to four pledges designed to improve the quality of engineering-inspiration activities:
• Inspiring Connection – to ensure that programmes contribute to a sustained and
rich STEM journey for all young people.
• Driving Inclusion – to ensure that all young people have opportunities to engage in
impactful engineering/tech-inspiration activities.
• Engineering – promoting a positive,
compelling, and authentic view of engineering.
• Improving Impact – to develop a shared understanding of what works.
As The Code community builds, we’re starting to see the positive difference it is making in shaping the approach. Signatories are taking to funding, designing, delivering, and learning from, engineering-inspiration activities. The 2023 Code survey showed that 70% of Signatories agree or strongly agree that being a member of The Code has improved understanding of how its activities relate to other STEM outreach activities, and 59% agree or strongly agree that The Code has improved how they collaborate with other organisations involved in STEM outreach. EngineeringUK also provides bespoke support to Professional Engineering Institutions, and
our corporate members, to help them develop a more strategic approach to their STEM engagement activities, aligned to business objectives. Establishing a more strategic approach helps embed STEM outreach activity across an organisation, target resources, and unite activities under a single focus, leading to a more impactful and sustainable programme. If you’d like to find out more about our
work and how you can get involved, do visit our website:
https://www.engineeringuk.com/ or get in touch; we’d love to hear from you. By working together, we can drive change so that more young people choose engineering and technology careers and we have the skilled workforce needed to thrive.
Moira Shaftoe Head of Professional Institutions and Partnerships, EngineeringUK
SPOTLIGHT ON
ALISON RYAN CEng, MSc, BSc (Hons), FIHEEM, MCIBSE
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lison Ryan is a Chartered Engineer and Deputy Healthcare Technical MEP Lead for Mott MacDonald, with over 20 years’ experience of hospital design work, project management, and delivery of many complex
projects in the UK. In addition, Alison is the motivating force leading the way as IHEEM President for 2022 – 2024, and Chair of the IHEEM Mechanical Technical Platform. She has been involved with IHEEM for over 20 years, and has been an IHEEM Council Member since 2019; a former Chair of the IHEEM National Professional Development Committee (between 2013 – 2018), and former Chair of IHEEM Yorkshire Branch (from 2011 – 2013). She joined the Building Services Industry in November 2001 following the completion of her degree in Physics at Leeds University, and
followed in the footsteps of her late father, Ian Long, in working for DSSR. She undertook a HNC course in Building Services Engineering at Leeds College of Building between 2001 – 2004, and says that ‘the HNC proved invaluable to my career, as it gave me a practical understanding of the fundamental principles of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering’. Alison then went on to study for a Master’s degree in Building Services Engineering Management via distance learning from Brunel
University between 2004 and 2009. These were challenging times, she recollects – working on engineering projects during the day; renovating her house during the evening, and doing another part-time job at weekends, while also trying to study. Her journey from Physics graduate to a distinguished Chartered Engineer, including having to undergo a year of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, exemplifies her true grit and determination. As a visionary leader, her mission as President is to ignite the passion for engineering in the next generation, and foster professional development within the industry. She strives to promote the sector to younger generations through school events and encouraging members to become STEM ambassadors like herself. Join Alison in shaping a brighter future by embracing STEM and driving progress in the industry.
Alison strives to promote the sector to younger generations through school events and encouraging members to become STEM ambassadors like herself
June 2024 Health Estate Journal 17
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