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1. Workshop Session 2
Attracting More Women into Science,
Engineering & Technology
Sarah Pemberton, Services for Women Coordinator
(Careers & Employment)
Veronica Benson, South East Hub Manager
ICG HE Advisers Community Conference
Wednesday 10 June 2009
UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering,Technology
www.ukrc4setwomen.org
2. Programme
• Introduction
• Issues related to gender stereotyping and how to
address them
• What are the barriers facing women pursuing SET
careers?
• Why it is important to increase the number of women
in SET
• Sources of information and advice to support the
work of careers advisers
4. Why does the UKRC exist?
Skills Shortage in SET sectors
UK needs more talented scientists,
engineers and technologists
UKRC Mission
“to improve the position and the
participation of women in science,
engineering, technology and the built
environment”
5. What are we doing?
Employers &
Organisations
•Gender Equality Training
•Cultural Analysis Survey
•Advise on employment
practice and flexible working
Women 19+ Level 3+
•Enter
•Progress
•Return
9. Occupational Segregation
Three-quarters of working-women are still found in just 5
occupational groups
• Associate professional and technical (e.g. nursing,
teaching)
• Admin and secretarial work
• Personal services (caring for children/elderly people)
• Sales and customer service
• Non-skilled manual work
The vast majority of jobs in these sectors pay less than in
the sectors where men predominate
10. SET Occupational Gender Splits
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15% ICT professionals are women
5% professional engineers are female
19% building professionals
39% science professionals (but only 13%
female professors in bioscience)
11. Where are we now?
• Girls make up 42.4% of A level students in STEM
subjects
• Women make up 33.5% of all higher education
(HE) students in SET disciplines
• Women represent 19% of SET workforce
• Women hold 9.0% of directorships in the UK FTSE
100 companies in SET sectors
• 8.0% of all SET professors are female
12. Who influences career choice?
National Regional
Policy
Self Stereotyping
Professional
Institutes, Sector
Skills Councils
Family, Friends,
Peers and Media
Employers
Schools,
STEMPoints
Post 16
Education &
Training
Careers
Professionals
13. How do we address occupational
segregation?
• Challenge young women’s assumptions/career
choices (not all engineers wear hard hats)
• Make them aware of the range of careers in SET
• Make them aware that the highest earnings are
achieved in male-dominated, graduate
professions
14. What are the barriers preventing girls and
women pursuing SET careers?
In groups discuss and find 9
15. What are the barriers preventing girls and
women pursuing SET careers?
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Lack of role models
Lack of publicity aimed at women
Perceived lack of job opportunities
Lack of confidence
Low expectations of others
Lack of encouragement/family support
Isolation/lack of support
Lack of flexible/part-time working
Male-dominated culture
16. Why our work is important
Quick Quiz
• What percentage of the workforce will be white,
male and under 45 by 2011?
A) 33
B) 45
C) 50
• What percentage of women with SET
qualifications are working in SET?
A) 19%
B) 34%
C) 46%
• How many women with SET qualifications return
to SET work after a career break?
A) 1/3
B) 1/2
C) 3/4
17. Why do we need more women in SET?
• Address skills shortages
• Avoid wasted talent
• A more diverse workforce leads to greater
innovation
• Better working environment
18. Our resources and services
• Website
– SET sector careers information for girls and
women
– Networks and support for women in SET
– Case studies and role models
– Research & statistics
• 1-1 support and employability workshops
for 19+/Level 3+
19. Gender Equality Training
A one-day programme to:
• raise awareness of:
– the need for widening career choice for women
– factors affecting entry into non-traditional
careers for women
– implicit and explicit stereotyping in careers
guidance and education
• reflect on strategies to overcoming gender
stereotyping when offering guidance or
information to girls and women
21. Workshop Session 2
Attracting More Women into Science,
Engineering & Technology
Sarah Pemberton, Services for Women Coordinator
(Careers & Employment)
Veronica Benson, South East Hub Manager
ICG HE Advisers Community Conference
Wednesday 10 June 2009
UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering,Technology
www.ukrc4setwomen.org
Editor's Notes
Welcome
Housekeeping – toilets / fire exits / breaks
Beneficiary forms
Careergen forms
Evaluation forms – please fill these in before you leave – helps us to develop events in the future
Photos – we will be taking photos - let us know if you don’t want them to be taken of you
I Need for this presentation
Handout – hold up when talk about bursaries etc
You have agendas in your packs
Presentations:
Start and end the day with presentations
Workshops
Just TASTERS! Short and snappy. Let us know in your evaluations if you would benefit having a whole day of any of them.
3 workshops
one in here with everyone
Other 2 – split group into two – swap over
Lunch
Take opportunity to network with each other
Delegate list in packs
Lots of information to take away on employers and organisations
This week is Enterprise Week – there is an Enterprise Zone with info over there
Around to talk to will be:
Leslie Peers – Wates
Katie Perry – Daphne Jackson Trust
Julian Thompson and Louise Baker – Careergen
Nicola Parr – Enterprising Yorkshire
Madeleine Smith – Open University
Michelle Monickendam
Talk to any of us - Name badges -
Set up because
Skills shortage within SET sectors
The UK economy needs more talented scientists, engineers and technologists
By 2010, only 20 per cent of the UK workforce will be white, able-bodied, full-time working men
What is the UKRC doing about it?
We work with a number of organisations, such as:
Employers
Colleges
Universities
Sector Skills Councils
Professional Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
Research Councils
By implementing gender equality training, organisations can identify and address behaviours and actions that prevent women from entering, progressing and staying within science, engineering, construction and technology
We work with individual Women by:
Encouraging more women to go in to SET careers
Supporting women to progress in their SET career
Supporting women to return to a SET career after a career break
UKRC is a national organisation
Government Funded
Head office is in Bradford
Hubs in Scotland, Wales and the South East.
Reminder of why we’re here
Look at what
European Employment strategy
Welcome
Housekeeping – toilets / fire exits / breaks
Beneficiary forms
Careergen forms
Evaluation forms – please fill these in before you leave – helps us to develop events in the future
Photos – we will be taking photos - let us know if you don’t want them to be taken of you
I Need for this presentation
Handout – hold up when talk about bursaries etc