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Addressing gender balance - reaping the gender dividend in STEM

Addressing gender balance - reaping the gender dividend in STEM. Lorna McAlpine STEM Business Co-ordinator E-mail: lorna.mcalpine@stembusinessgroupni.com. STEM Business Subgroup- focus on 5 recommendations from Success through STEM strategy including:

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Addressing gender balance - reaping the gender dividend in STEM

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  1. Addressing gender balance - reaping the gender dividend in STEM Lorna McAlpine STEM Business Co-ordinator E-mail: lorna.mcalpine@stembusinessgroupni.com

  2. STEM Business Subgroup- • focus on 5 recommendations from • Success through STEM strategy including: • Develop a clear STEM careers path • and • Address gender balance • Develop STEM links in other regions

  3. Activities to address gender balance • Devised and consulted on a set of Good Practice Guidelines for addressing gender balance in STEM industries • Ran an event ’ Are you getting the balance right?’ on 26 June to engage STEM employers and start to capture ideas and good practice- 70 attended • Developed and consulted on a STEM Charter for CEOs; in partnership with Equality Commission NI • Gathered 7 Good Practice Case Studies • Published STEM supplement in Belfast Telegraph– 17 Sept- featuring female role models

  4. Addressing Gender Balance-Report published November 2013 • The Business Case for Gender Equality in STEM –’employ more women and make more money’ • Statistics for NI – 11 % employed in high level STEM posts only 25% are women • NI STEM CEO Charter • Good Practice Guidelines – 22 simple steps for pre- and post –recruitment • Case Studies

  5. Case Studies from report • Schlumberger female engineering scholarship, girls’ schools’ open days • NIE and Schrader - female role models in advertising and as STEM ambassadors and as Mentors • Ulster Bank- IT, female networking for career development • Allstate, extensive range of family friendly initiatives - retention • Atkins – Women’s Leadership Council , Women’s Development Programme • Queen’s University – Athena Swann award holders- Cultural issues

  6. What’s Next ? • Work with Equality Commission NI to publish Good Practice Manual • Sign up more firms to the Charter • Organise seminars to discuss the manual • Organise a network of STEM employers to partner and implement the guidelines • Continue to take opportunities to communicate about the report

  7. Why ... because..‘STEM- It’s where the jobs are’Belfast Met WebsiteLink for STEM supplement: http://www.matrix-ni.org/#/stem/4575908443Link for Addressing Gender Balance Report:http://www.matrix-ni.org/#/stem-news/4580773501

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