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The UKRC

The UKRC. An overview June 2010. Employers Government Professional bodies Education institutions Trade unions Sector skills councils. Enterprise agencies and incubators Careers advice agencies Women’s groups and networks Sector skills councils Women at all career stages And others.

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The UKRC

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  1. The UKRC An overview June 2010

  2. Employers Government Professional bodies Education institutions Trade unions Sector skills councils Enterprise agencies and incubators Careers advice agencies Women’s groups and networks Sector skills councils Women at all career stages And others The UKRC: The Government's lead organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment (SET). We work with:

  3. Expertise, services, networks • Services for women • Services for business and organisations • Policy advice and input • Enquiry service • Training • Statistics and analysis • Research and reports • Good practice guides

  4. Expertise, services, networks • Networks and outreach • High profile events including national conference • The Women of Outstanding Achievement Award • Specialist projects • Newsletters and information-sharing • Media coverage • Raising awareness • Website • New media: blogs, twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

  5. UKRC bases and reach • central base in Bradford, West Yorkshire • national centre for Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University • National centre for Wales at the Women’s Workshop, Cardiff • the UKRC South East hub at the University of Reading • a base in South Yorkshire at Sheffield Hallam University

  6. The UK workforce 2008: SET and non SET

  7. SET occupations by gender, UK, 2008

  8. Setting out the facts • Women represent 15.5 per cent of SET professionals in the UK. • Of 5,497,072 people working in SET occupations (inc skilled trades) in the UK in 2008, only 12.3 per cent were women. • Only 6.9 per cent of engineering professionals were women (32,106). • Only 14.4 per cent of ICT professionals were women (66,076). • In 2008, women accounted for only 5.2 per cent of SET-based self employment in the UK.

  9. Women are lost at key transition points • In 2007 – 2008, women made up 33.4 per cent of all higher education students in SET disciplines. • In June 2009, they made up 42.2 per cent of GCE A level students in STEM subjects. • As of 2008, some 620,000 women in the UK are graduates in SET. However, 70.2 per cent of these don’t work in SET.

  10. Women in SET leadership • In 2008, women held only nine per cent of board directorships in SET FTSE 100 companies. • Exclusively male boards still existed in 35 per cent of SET companies. • In 2008, only 27.5 per cent of SET FTSE 100 companies had more than one female director on their boards. • In 2007-2008, only 9.3 per cent of all full-time SET professors were female.

  11. High impact • Since 2004 the UKRC has provided information and advice on gender equality practice to 1,000 employers and organisations, which collectively reach over 2 million people in the SET sectors. • The URKC CEO Charter now has 130 active signatories from organisations committing to take action to address gender equality, which represents a workforce of approximately one million. • Since 2004 nearly 300 organisations have reported changes and positive outcomes from their work with the UKRC.

  12. Services for Women Presentation to Meg Munn MP Rachel Tobbell Manager, Services for Women

  13. Services for Women • Support for individual women 19+ • Getting a job in SET • Staying and progressing in SET

  14. Career Stages

  15. Getting a job in SET • Peer mentoring circles or MentorSET • T161 – Online course through the Open University • CPD events • Technical training grants • Travel bursaries • Work placements • Individual support

  16. Zainab Ganiyu-Dada Trainee Biomedical Scientist and recent graduate, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup “The UKRC gave me tremendous support. They helped me boost my CV and forwarded it to a number of hospital departments, potential employers and companies.”

  17. Anna Ferguson Engineer with NaREC (New and Renewable Energy Centre) Awarded a technical training grant of £500 from the UKRC. “I hadn’t really thought about going back to engineering until I saw the UKRC giving a presentation.”

  18. Staying & progressing in SET • Media training • Leadership & public life workshops • Mentoring for progression • Networking • Subsidised coaching • Technical training grants • Travel bursaries

  19. Emma Creighton Animal Behaviour and Welfare expert and now the secretary to the accreditation committee of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. “If I hadn’t attended the Mentoring for Public Life training, I definitely would not have applied to any public boards. I’d always thought it was something I’d do in my 50’s, when I had more experience.”

  20. Sara Rankin Reader in Leukocyte and Stem Cell Biology, Imperial College On January 9th 2009, Sara was interviewed live on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme before her story went global. “I never would have considered putting out a press release if I hadn’t attended the UKRC training.”

  21. Raising the profile • Role models • Case studies • GetSET Women • Women of Outstanding Achievement (WoOA) • Blog

  22. Women of Outstanding Achievement “develop a career in science, engineering and technology and realise the world is your oyster” Professor Helen Atkinson FREng, FIMMM, FIMechE Professor of Engineering. Head of Mechanics of Materials Research Group, University of Leicester

  23. Engagement

  24. Engagement by career stage

  25. Progression Steps

  26. Services for Business & Organisations

  27. Who we work with • Corporate and large organisations • Small and medium enterprises • Professional Institutions • Research Councils • Further and Higher Education providers • Sector Skills Councils

  28. Key Achievements Positive outcomes reported by our clients include improved recruitment of female staff, increased uptake of flexible working by male and female staff, increases in the numbers of women at senior levels and external recognition of their good employment practice.

  29. Products & Services • UKRC CEO Charter – currently 130 signatories • Consultancy services • Culture Analysis Tool • Gender Equality Training • Legislative training e.g. Equality Impact Assessments • Bespoke workshops e.g. Unconscious Bias • Focus Groups • Athena SWAN Charter (HE & Research Institutes only) • SET Fair Standard

  30. E.on’s Apprentice Recruitment Campaign Worked with UKRC on: • Marketing materials and advertising • Positive Action events • Recruitment & Selection processes • Recruitment assessor training – Unconscious Bias 6 female apprentices have been employed this year to date, an increase from 1 in 2009. Eon are now working on making this a positive experience to increase numbers year on year. Includes reviewing the culture of the organisation, Gender Equality Training for assessment centre staff & networking opportunities for female apprentices.

  31. 'Working with the UKRC has given EON a level of expertise that has had the most positive impact on our female apprenticeship scheme- thank you‘ Susan Treharne, Diversity Manager, Eon

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