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A welcome from our director

Director of the UKRC, Annette Williams, introduces you to the UKRC's new website.

 

New online Return course

The UKRC and The Open University have developed a new course to support women returning to their chosen Science, Engineering or Technology career.

 

Intellect's Women in IT Forum's Perceptions of Equal Pay Survey

Intellect is issuing a survey looking at the issues around equal pay and the implications for the IT Industry regarding.

 
 

Spider Network Launch

UKRC Launches Spider Network To Weave Equality Into Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths Institutions.

 

UKRC at Positive Energy

The UKRC is sponsoring the Networking Event of the Year for Women in Energy.

 
 
Half a million women in the UK are qualified in either science, engineering or technology (SET) - but less than a third work in those sectors, all of which are suffering a severe skills shortage, set to get worse in the coming decades.  
 
This situation is bad for the UK’s productivity and competitiveness. It undermines the UK’s aspirations for fairness and opportunity. It wastes women’s talent and limits their career aspirations, lifetime earnings and economic contribution.
 
The UKRC for Women in SET works to significantly improve the participation and position of women in science, engineering and technology occupations in industry, research, academia and public service to benefit the future productivity of the UK and the lifetime earnings and career aspirations of women. It is the UK’s leading Centre providing information and advisory services to employers and organisations in the SET sectors and supporting women entering, returning and progressing in these fields.  
 
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Here's how to contribute to the following current consultations with relevance to women in SET are welcome from all stakeholders:
 
Higher Education and Work (consultation deadline 7th July 2008)
 
Ofsted Gender Equality Scheme (consultation deadline now 31st July 2008)
 
DIUS Single Equalities Scheme (consultation deadline 4th August 2008)
 
The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET welcomes the new Equality Bill which requires companies to report on the salary gap between male and female employees.
 
30 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, the Minister for Women and Equality, Harriet Harman, this morning announced the Government’s new Equality Bill.  This brings a radical shift by the Government to fight unfairness and breathe fresh air into the equality agenda.
 
 
 
 



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