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The Academy's Diversity Programme Gender
**Jobs for the Boys – Set to Lead Report (2012)
– builds on evidence and anecdote to increase
awareness and better practice so women realise their
ambition and potential to the same level as men to
pursue engineering and technology careers
‘Tapping all our Talents - Women in STEM: a
Strategy for Scotland’ (2012) - This recommends
creating a strategy to increase the proportion of
women in the workplace qualified in STEM subjects,
and to increase the number who rise to senior
positions in universities, research institutes,
government, business and industry.
The FTSE Female Index Report (2012) – Since
1999, the Cranfield School of Management Female FTSE
benchmarking report has provided a regular measure
of the number of women executive directors on the
corporate boards of the UK's top 100 companies.
Great Expectations: Top Manufacturing and
Engineering Talent 2030 (2011) - publishes a set
of recommendations for schools, universities,
funding and research councils, industry, business
and government in order to help the UK realise its
leadership potential within engineering and
manufacturing
Stemming the Tide: Why Women Leave Engineering
(2011) – a comprehensive study of the
recruitment, retention and progression of women in
engineering carried out at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and funded with a grant by the
US National Science Foundation
Women on Boards (2011) – Lord Davies report
presents practical recommendations to address gender
imbalance in the boardroom.
Unlocking Potential – perspectives on women in
science engineering and technology (SET) (2011)
- offers some practical suggestions on how
government and the professions can help create a
more balanced and skilled SET workforce
UKRC Statistics Guide 2010 – the Guide
provides detailed data analysis using a conceptual
framework for gender segregation in SET. The Guide
aims to aid future benchmarking and monitoring of
progress against a number of indicators from the
areas of secondary and higher education, vocational
training, employment and gender pay, leadership and
public engagement.
Inspiring Women Engineers (2009) – Highlights
the Academy business case for diversity and what it
is doing to encourage more women and girls into
engineering
Closing the Gender Skills Gap (2009) – the
report proposes radically simplifying childcare
support and introducing new measures to further
embed flexible working in British workplace culture. Gender pay gap narrows but still ‘unacceptably high’ (Guardian Newspaper) (November 2009) Gap between men and women’s pay narrows. Private sector pay falling even further behind public pay. Gender pay gap narrows but still ‘unacceptably high’
Launching the 21st Century American Aerospace
workforce (2008) - The US is not producing
enough qualified workers to fill important jobs
predicting the shortfall will increase as
retirements grow. The report is a starting point for
the aerospace industry to collectively recommend and
develop solutions to overcome the problem
Launching the 21st Century American Aerospace workforce
Getting Girls into Engineering – a practical
guide (2008) – includes practical guidance and
tips to encourage more girls to consider a career in
engineering
Researching Cultures in Science, Engineering and
Technology: An Analysis of current and past
literature (2008) – the This report is a
literature review of published research on the
cultures of Science, Engineering and Technology1
(SET) and the impact they have on women
professionals employed in the sector.
Women Matter: Gender Diversity, a Corporate
Performance Driver (2007) – McKinsey and Company
reports that between 2005 and 2007 the 89 listed
European companies with the highest levels of gender
diversity also had higher returns on equity,
operating results, and stock price growth than
averages in the respective sectors
Different Women Different Places (2007) –
This is the first study of its kind in the UK, to
begin to close the gap in research into the career
experiences and leadership attributes black and
minority ethnic women.
Girls’ Career Aspirations (2011) - This
report evaluates the extent to which careers
education, guidance and other provision raise
aspirations and inform the choices of courses and
careers by girls and young women to support their
long-term achievement. It identifies weaknesses and
examples of good practice in these areas
Ethnic Minority Women and Local Labour Markets
(2007) - This paper examines the situation of
selected groups of ethnic minority women in the
labour market and considers why it is sometimes so
different from that of White British women.
Women in Science and Technology – The Business
Perspective (2006) – The Women in Science and
Technology (WiST) expert group present findings on
what needs to change to attract more women
researchers into industry and keep them there. The
group examined the situation in a number of Europe’s
top companies, looking at the private sector
experience of inequality, diversity and gender
mainstreaming
Women in Science and Technology – The Business Perspective
Real Returners: the stories behind the success
(?) – Details successes of the Daphne Jackson
Foundation in helping women returners to science,
engineering and technology careers
Taking a Leading Role – Scientists survey (2004)
- This report identifies the key influences on
current practitioners’ career choices and, in
particular, seeks to establish whether influences
differ according to gender or ethnicity (as well as
age and subject field) SET Fair (2002) - The report by Baroness Greenfield provided several recommendations for Government to overcome the barriers that prevent women and girls in entering, staying and succeeding in SET education and employment. SET Fair 1 / SET Fair 2
Why So Slow? The advancement of women in science
Virginia Valian (1998) - is a scholarly and
convincing explanation of women's slow progress in
the professional world. Whether in business, law,
medicine, or academia, women are not advancing at
the same rate as men.
Why So Slow? The advancement of women in science Virginia Valian
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