Today is National Women in Engineering Day in the United Kingdom. It comes at a time of scarcity in the UK’s engineering work force: the UK will need more than 1 million engineers and technicians to meet demand by 2020, but half of the population isn’t ending up in the educational pipeline. In 2011, 85 percent of engineering and technology degrees went to men. An article in Forbes says that educational programs and apprenticeships direct from school may be good ways to reduce the chances of a “boys’ club.”
Meanwhile, the Waterloo Bridge has been relisted as a site on the National Historic List, with new information detailing the female construction workers who built it.
UK needs over one million new engineers and technicians, says Royal Academy of Engineering
The UK will need more than a million new engineers and technicians in the next five years, but despite the skills shortage women still account for less than 10 per cent of the sector’s workforce. That is why 23 June will see the second annual National Women in Engineering Day (NWED), organised to focus attention on the wide-ranging career opportunities available to girls …
Women who built ‘Ladies Bridge’ to keep Britain going during WWII finally given recognition
It’s often the men who are remembered for feats of engineering and work which built this country. But now the women who stepped up to the plate are being recognised for their work. As these amazing pictures show, the women who built the ‘Ladies’ Bridge’ are the unknown heroines of keeping the country going during World War II …
‘Can We Fix It? Yes We Can’: Calling All Women Engineers
When America’s First Lady, Michelle Obama came to London last week she brought with her the inspiration and support to light a fire of ambition among many young women in the United Kingdom. Today – June 23, 2015 – is National Women In Engineering Day (Twitter #NWED ) in the U.K – and it needs to be a celebration, not a wake …
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