The UKRC

1. The UKRC These slides are a general resource. Please use any you find helpful. They may not be up to date. Please check stats etc. 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 campaigns • 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. Services for Women June 2010

12. Services for Women The UKRC offers support to individual women aged 19+. • getting a job in SET • staying and progressing in SET

13. Career Stages

14. 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

15. 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.”

16. 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.”

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

18. 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 50s, when I had more experience.”

19. Sara Rankin Reader in Leukocyte and Stem Cell Biology, Imperial College On 9 January 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.”

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

21. 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

22. Engagement

23. Engagement by career stage

24. Progression steps

25. Services for Business and Organisations

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

27. 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 external recognition of good employment practice

28. Products and services • UKRC CEO Charter – currently 130 signatories • Consultancy services • Culture Analysis Tool • Gender Equality Training • Legislative training (such as Equality Impact Assessments) • Bespoke workshops (such as on Unconscious Bias) • Focus groups • Athena SWAN Charter (HE and Research Institutes only) • SET Fair Standard

29. '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