University of the Highlands and Islands Gender Action Plan 2017-2020 – HE subjects which have an imbalance of male or female students of more than 75% one gender Subject Base-line Projected Action Owner Timescale Progress area/course Outcome (Job role) 5% increase in STEM activities, UHI STEM 2017-2020 5-10% females by 2020 supporting female only Engineering female groups School liaison, UHI school 2017-2020 discussions with more liaison and female groups on AP staff engineering courses Increasing the UHI and AP 2017-2020 understanding of the marketing, variety careers in SN staff engineering suitable for women Raise the awareness of UHI and AP 2017-2020 subject choices needed marketing, to enter engineering SN staff Increase STEM activities SN staff and 2017-2020 with primary schools STEM ambassadors Continue work to remove SN Staff 2017-2020 current perceptions of to females ‘engineering’
University of the Highlands and Islands – Gender Action Plan 2017-2020 HE subjects which have an imbalance of male or female students of more than 75% one gender Subject area/course Base-line Projected Outcome Action Owner (Job role) Timescale Progress Engineering 5-10% female 5% increase in females by 2020 STEM activities, supporting female only groups School liaison, discussions with more female groups on engineering courses Increasing the understanding of the variety careers in engineering suitable for women Raise the awareness of subject choices needed to enter engineering Increase STEM activities with primary schools Continue work to remove current perceptions of ‘engineering’ to females UHI STEM UHI school liaison and AP staff UHI and AP marketing, SN staff UHI and AP marketing, SN staff SN staff and STEM ambassadors SN Staff 2017-2020 2017-2020 2017-2020 2017-2020 2017-2020 2017-2020