Women in Engineering WISE – 10 Steps Plan

Agenda Context for the 10 Steps Plan Where we are today What does this mean for you

Context Perkins Review – BIS – Number 10 Realisation among the WISE strategic alliance that we needed to come together Collaboration not competition Share what works Focus on the outcome

Three areas for collaboration Make the case Build the pipeline Sustain the pipeline

Three areas for collaboration Make the case Build the pipeline Sustain the pipeline Government Employers Professional bodies Parents and children

Three areas for collaboration Make the case Build the pipeline Sustain the pipeline In school programmes WISE Ambassadors Careers support Colleges and Universities

Three areas for collaboration Make the case Build the pipeline Sustain the pipeline Action by employers Support from Institutions Regulation Disclosure

10 Steps Let’s focus on what we believe (know) makes a difference Be inclusive A call to action Generate commitment -Chairman and CEOs -Number 10 + BIS Get on with it!

10 Steps Understand the starting point, describe a measurable end point Educate your leaders, give them responsibility for change Change mindsets and behaviour by challenging bias Make flexible working a reality for all Increase transparency of opportunities for progression Sponsor female talent to the same extent as you do for men Demonstrate to women you want to retain them Don’t go it alone Be attentive to what women need in career development support Go back to basics in designing jobs

Understand the starting point, describe a measurable end point Not easy (quotas vs. targets) -Hopefully we now accept that a level of (public) ambition is needed -30% Club, Davies Report Data is powerful (and hard to come by) -No standards -Limited disclosure Measure and challenge -Are you happy with where you are? -What does good look like? Like any project – work back from the outcome -This is a business issue