LONDON S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Growing and sustaining diversity in the engineering student population Welcome to UCL
Director of the Integrated Engineering Programme JOHN MITCHELL
LONDON S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Founded in 1826 The first in England to admit students regardless of class, race or religion The first in England to admit women students on equal terms with men Welcome to UCL
Engineering A Diverse Cohort? Intake from State Section 75% (UCL 65%) Socio-economic groups 4-8 29% (UCL 20%) Low participation Neighborhoods 6.5% (UCL 3.9%) Male : Female 75.1% : 24.9% (UCL 51:49) BME 60.6% (41.6%)
Proportion of graduates in full time work Engineering graduates do well (relative to other subjects) in gaining full time employment within 6 months of graduation All graduates Software engineering Chemical, process and Electronic and electrical Mechanical engineering Civil engineering General engineering All engineering 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 48.6% 57.5% Source: Robin Mellors Bourne Proportion of graduates in full-time paid work Source: DLHE 2010/11
Proportion of graduates unemployed yet more of them remain unemployed within this timescale All graduates 9.2% Software engineering Chemical, process and energy engineering Electronic and electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Civil engineering General engineering Source: DLHE 2010/11 Source: Robin Mellors Bourne All engineering 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% Proportion of graduates unemployed 10.7%
Focusing on ethnicity Unemployment for engineering graduates is particularly acute for those of black/bme heritage, across most university types including the Russell and 1994 Groups, but most acute in the post-92 institutions. Proportion unemployed: all graduates Asian Black BME White 0% 10% 20% 30% Post-92 Other pre 92 Russell and 1994 Group Proportion unemployed: all engineering graduates Asian Black BME White Post-92 Other pre 92 Russell and 1994 Group Source: Robin Mellors Bourne 0% 10% 20% 30%
Employment issues Work experience is highly rated by employers in engineering Of unemployed graduates two thirds of unemployed graduates had unrelated work experience A quarter of had none Unemployed graduates were less mobile than employed Source: HE STEM project led by Prof Helen Atkinson in the Midlands
Summary 20% BME eng grads compared to 6% in engineering employment Source: EngineeringUK, 2013 Discrepancy between the aspirations of those from BME and SED groups and their experiences in the engineering sector Source: University of Hertfordshire report for Royal Academy of Engineering Discrepancy between cited aspirations and destinations of female graduates Source: Set to Lead report
Addressing diversity of workforce Awareness Inspiration Experience Employer pull Attract Advance Employer input Confidence Industry relevance Retain Skillset Support Experience
What is Engineering? engineering.the art and practice of changing the physical world for the use and benefit of mankind Prof Chris Wise, UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering and Expedition Engineering
EMANUELA TILLEY
External Consultant to UCL Engineering JAN PETERS
From anecdote to evidence Action research Anecdote: Women don t perform as well at assessment centres FACT: In 2006/07, twice the proportion of men graduating with undergraduate qualifications in STEM entered SET professional or associate professional occupations (41.8 per cent) compared with women (21.0 per cent) Questions Evidence the numbers Explore assessment centre performance by gender Explore graduates experience by survey Outputs Short report Inclusive assessment centres good practice guide
Student expectations Fact Around three quarters of men and women undergraduate engineers aspire to a career in engineering or technology 80 70 60 74 72 Male Fact Half of men and two fifths of women make that transition 50 % 40 30 Female 20 10 10 8 12 16 0 E&T Role Non-E&T Role Further study
Findings Behaviours of students Course content on teaming and leadership lacking Where students want to go and where they go Support resources to help facilitate learning for employability skills so students get the jobs that are right for them
Strengthsfinder 2.0 BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSORS HISTORIC ENGINEER PROFILES
STRENGTHSFINDER2.0 A WIDER VOCABULARY & A COMMON LANGUAGE Gallup Press My Top 5 Strengths are
Strengthsfinder 2.0 A WIDER VOCABULARY & A COMMON LANGUAGE Executing Influencing Relationship Building Strategic Thinking Achiever Arranger Belief Consistency Deliberative Discipline Focus Responsibility Restorative Activator Command Communication Competition Maximiser Self-Assurance Significance WOO (winning others over) Adaptability Developer Connectedness Empathy Harmony Includer Individualization Positivity Relator Analytical Context Futuristic Ideation Input Intellection Learner Strategic StrengthsFinder2.0 Strengths based Leadership, Tom Rath & Barry Conchie (Gallup Press)
Strengthsfinder 2.0 INSIGHT INTO YR1 EEE COHORT STRENGTHS ACHIEVER COMPETITION Executing Relationship Building Influencing Strategic Thinking
Strengthsfinder 2.0 SUPPORTING TEAM-WORK & LEADERSHIP IN SCENARIOS
Inattentional blindness Increasing our processing speed filtering.. at what cost?
Critical thinking being able to be critical of your own input, challenging your biases
Strengthsfinder 2.0 PERSONAL TUTOR SUPPORT UCL FACULTY WIDE PERSONAL TUTOR PROGRAMME Often the role of personal tutor is lost by the end of Term 1, if you haven t established a good relationship with your student. Talking to the students about their personal strengths, their ILP and short & long term goals has helped to keep discussions going throughout the year. G Roberts, UCL Engineering
ALISON HOME
JILL COLLINS
Engaging Girls in STEM A local and regional picture of our work Jill Collins Project Manager, Women in SET
Contracts/contacts
One local driver for our work Athena SWAN Activities for girls Support for teachers Engage employers Co-ordinate and disseminate
Science on a soapbox Athena SWAN Departments Staff and student ambassadors deliver Local schools 50:50 girls/boys Part of NSEW/Sheffield Festival Packs for teachers Co-ordinated by WiSET
Further information http://www.hestem.ac.uk/sites/default/files/top_ten_tips.pdf www.wiset.org.uk Women in SET Centre for Science Education Sheffield Hallam University Howard Street Sheffield S1 1WB (0114 225 4780) wiset@shu.ac.uk
Director of Generating Genius TONY SEWELL
UCL ENGINEERING CHANGE THE WORLD DISCUSSION
Addressing diversity of workforce Awareness Inspiration Experience Employer pull Attract Advance Employer input Confidence Industry relevance Retain Skillset Support Experience
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