1. Promotion in Enterprises: What can companies do to support women in SET careers? Examples from the UK

2. Who we are…how we came about…why we can do what we do  www.wiset.org.uk we work with girls and women and employers and STEM and schools and colleges…  www.theukrc.org  WISE - Get involved  Centre for Science Education  at Sheffield Hallam University

3.  Enabling choice - in 2009 (EHRC) 75% of working women were still found in the 5 Cs  Tackling the gender pay gap - in 2008 the gender pay gap was 11% for SET professionals (UKRC). In HE in 2011 the median gender pay gap was 20.3% (ECU)  Maximising women’s potential, Responding to skills shortages, Building the UK economy  McKinsey research (2010) shows that while leaders of corporations recognise the impact of gender diversity on business performance, this belief does not translate into actions.  Meeting legal obligations The context in the UK

4. The Royal Air Force  Driving force of improving long term recruitment from a demographic that no longer represents society  Improving diversity also improves capability of RAF to operate across the world  Research to understand the issues and development of a plan  Gender recruitment strategy to work in partnership with experts - UKRC, WISE and WiSET  Influencing supply chain  Gender champion to drive the process Strategic and long term

5. North Energy Associates http://www.northenergy.co.uk/index.php  Lead from the top - Female director  Hosting flexible women returner placements and transfer into real jobs  Providing role models and ambassadors  Encouraging ongoing CPD for female staff Small company - support and promotion

6.  The key points Ensure top down commitment Build improvements that fit with organisational needs Develop a plan and draw on support Monitor and evaluate

7. 8.7% of the UK Engineering Profession are women. Where do we come in the list of 28 European countries surveyed? a) 14th b) 20th c) 28th (ie lowest percentage in Europe)

8. *Figures are statistically less reliable hence need to be treated with caution Source: UKRC’s analysis of the European Labour Force Survey (2007)

9. Thank you www.wiset.org.uk www.theukrc.org p.m.morton@shu.ac.uk