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UKRC Training Grants now available
Up to £500 available from this new scheme to help women progress in Science, Engineering, Technology and the Built Environment (SET).
UKRC Innovative & Collaborative Grants now available
Up to £10,000 is available from this scheme for women in SET initiatives who work collaboratively towards a shared goal.
Priti Parikh is an engineering bringing water and sanitation to slums.
Find out about services, resources and UKRC's recession recommendations
Listen to Ruth Sunderland, Ann Pettifor and others on women, SET and the recession.
UKRC's July astronomy blogger: Dr Katherine Joy, who studies meteors from the moon.
Find out more about the UKRC and the International Year of Astronomy plus our list of useful women and astronomy resources.
Welcome from the Director of the UKRC, Annette Williams, who introduces you to the UKRC's website.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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