Barclays helps sign up female engineers
Thursday 3 November 2016
FEMALE not male engineers invented the bulletproof vest, created the first solar-powered home and completed most of the work on the discovery of DNA.
But they make up just 6-8 % of professional engineers in the UK – vastly reducing the talent pool to solve the global challenges of the future.
The Barclays ‘IT Girls Allowed’ campaign, backed by The University of Salford, held its first event this week as it aims to encourage schoolgirls to think keenly about a career in engineering and information technology.
Haifa Takruri-Rizk MBE, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Salford gave a presentation to more than 200 girls aged 13–14 at its Radbroke Hall Technology Hub, near Knutsford.
Professor Takruri-Rizk said: “Engineering offers a fantastic career for women for the good salaries, the skills that are respected worldwide and the job satisfaction of working in fields which are forever evolving.”
Barclays – one of the largest technology employers in the North West of England – is a key partner of the University of Salford. It has already engaged with 600 girls this year to help them and inspire them into the world of IT and science.
For more information about women in engineering see here or go to http://www.salford.ac.uk/computing-science-engineering/courses
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