Are there any women out there?
Are there any women out there?
Engineering is a practical, creative, diverse and for the most part, well-paid profession, so why is it that only 19% of all engineers in the UK are women? Could it be that there are simply not enough women role models in this male dominated profession?
The Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award continues to address this problem. Each year the joint sponsors, the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) and the Caroline Haslett Memorial Trust seek a bright, ambitious and outgoing young woman to receive the award.
One of the winners of the award in previous years was Clare Roberts, a design engineer from Leeds. Clare typifies what it means to be a professional woman in the engineering arena and has travelled the country, acting as a role model, helping to attract women into a profession where they are considerably under-represented. Future winners will be like Clare, technically excellent engineers who have charisma and are able to project success in the press, on television and radio, at public events, and in visits to schools and colleges.
The winner of the award receives a cheque for a substantial amount and a silver rose bowl at a special ceremony held in London. The runner up receives the WISE/IBM cash prize (WISE = Women in Science and Engineering).
So if you feel that you can make things happen, or you know somebody who can, then click on www.youngwomanengineer.com to learn more about it.
The Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award is accompanied by the Ford WISE Prize for Female Engineering Students. This new prize will be awarded to students in their penultimate year of study at a UK university or college, in an engineering discipline. There will be an award in two categories, one for a student on a course that provides the academic foundation for Incorporated Engineering registration, and one for the equivalent leading to Chartered Engineering registration.
For further information and an application form for both these awards, click on www.youngwomanengineer.com