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News Release from: UK Resource Centre for Women in SET
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 July 2004
Website is mine of information for women
in SET
The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (science, engineering, and technology) has launched a new resource website.
The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (science, engineering, and technology) has launched a new resource website The Resource Centre is a significant development of the Government's strategy to increase the participation and progression of women in the sectors
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The centre was one of the key recommendations in the Greenfield Report, which identified the need for greater co-ordination of information, resources, knowledge and good practice.
The comprehensive website has been developed to act as the central source of information to provide informed solutions to employers including academia, professional institutes, research councils, careers professionals and educationalists, while providing access to mentoring and networks for women and girls entering or already participating in SET learning or work.
The website launch was attended by women representing the breadth of SET occupations.
All agreed that the website would provide immediate support on areas including research, women role models, case studies and mentoring guides.
Pat Langford, Deputy Director and Head of Promoting Science, Engineering and Technology for Women, at the DTI commented: "There is a strong demand from employers for high quality SET educated individuals who will be deployed effectively in businesses, universities and the public sector but the we cannot afford to leave women, who make up 50% of the workforce, out of the UK's SET future".
"The Department of Trade and Industry sees the new Resource Centre website as a key channel of communication allowing the centre to achieve their objective of working with SET employers to help them tackle the barriers to recruiting, retaining and progressing women in their organisations".
Pam Wain, President, Women's Engineering Society, commented: "The new website is another useful step forward for women in the sector".
"We have so much to contribute and welcome this way to help us to be more effective".
"We look forward to the new Resource Centre becoming fully operational".
The UK Resource Centre's official launch will take place on 16th September 2004 at the Royal Armouries, Leeds.
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