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With engineering still dominated by men, Rebecca Bound highlights how one global engineering technologies company is taking a proactive role in encouraging women to consider a career in the industry with the work experience schemes that it runs each year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK faces a skills shortage in the engineering sector and, according to EngineeringUK, the country will need 1.8 million new engineers and technicians by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the industry still dominated by men, it\u2019s essential that we attract more female engineers to fill these roles if we\u2019re to close the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global engineering technologies company Renishaw is taking a proactive role in promoting careers in engineering by running work experience schemes each year for students in years 10 to 13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen make up just 12.3% of all engineers in the UK, and only one in five jobs are held by women in the wider engineering sector,\u201d explained Elizabeth Donnelly, CEO of the Women\u2019s Engineering Society (WES). According to a report by EngineeringUK, the gender disparities in engineering \u201cin part reflects gender differences in understanding of and interest in the profession, as well as perceptions of self-efficacy and identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help encourage young people to consider a career in engineering, Renishaw\u2019s work experience gives young people the chance to work alongside students from other schools and inspires them by showing first-hand what it\u2019s like to work for a leading engineering company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renishaw\u2019s scheme combats stereotypes and misunderstandings by including talks from engineers, tours of Renishaw\u2019s facilities and workshops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By engaging students in the realities of engineering and presenting them with strong female role models, work experience can remove any uncertainties that may prevent girls from choosing the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first, I wasn\u2019t sure about a career in engineering, but I started reading up about it and I decided to apply for work experience at Renishaw because I found it really interesting,\u201d explained Evie Ford, a year 10 student that took part in Renishaw\u2019s 2019 work experience scheme. \u201cFor me, Renishaw\u2019s work experience was invaluable as I learned a lot about the company, the products it makes and how they are tested. The week involved lots of talks from engineers and practical activities that helped me understand engineering a lot better,\u201d continued Ford. I now know that I want to go into engineering as a career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiring with creativity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as understanding engineering, it\u2019s important to experience how creative and collaborative it can be. For example, Renishaw\u2019s work experience involves students creating their own engineering projects in groups and presenting them on the final day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the first day we were given a task and we allocated roles in our group,\u201d continued Ford. \u201cThese included a person that would design the project, another that would market it and one that managed the overall task,\u201d explained Ford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile working on the project, we had to consider the cost of using additive manufacturing to build it, how to make the product appealing to customers and meeting the deadline we were given. Everyone contributed equally in our group and it was really intriguing to see how we could use the technology for different parts of the project, such as the design.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renishaw is committed to education outreach and encouraging more girls to enter engineering by running an extensive education outreach programme. Inspiring more girls like Evie is essential if we\u2019re to recruit the 1.8 million new engineers we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Bound is an Education Outreach Officer at Renishaw<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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