Only around 20% of A Level physics students are girls and this has not changed in 25 years. University of the Highlands and Islands Gender Action Plan 2017-2020 – Key themes Projected Outcomes Actions Owner Timescale Progress (Job role) 1 Infrastructure Liaise with relevant internal Work with government Tertiary Curriculum 3 year and external groups to agencies and policies and Working timescale, determine how to increase the which can increase the full review number of females being number of females e.g. in June recruited onto EBE SDS, IET, RAeS, SDS, 2020 programmes by 5% by 2020 SFC and STEM. Developing the Young Workforce, Skills Investment Plans TCWGs/PLs/STEM Annual Liaise with schools and Ambassadors review, employers where Programme looking SED and appropriate, at SN SED, new and innovative ways full review to recruit females putting 2020 them on appropriate placements and increasing the number of females into employment TCWGs/PLs 3 year UHI recruit more female – timescale, academic and technician full review staff to provide positive in June role models, visit schools 2020 to promote females onto our programmes and provide support for female WISE/PLs/STEM 3 year students Ambassadors timescale, Work with agencies full review specifically setup to
Only around 20% of A Level physics students are girls and this has not changed in 25 years. University of the Highlands and Islands – Gender Action Plan 2017-2020 Key themes Projected Outcomes Actions Owner (Job role) Timescale Progress 1 Infrastructure Liaise with relevant internal and external groups to determine how to increase the number of females being recruited onto EBE programmes by 5% by 2020 Work with government agencies and policies and which can increase the number of females e.g. SDS, IET, RAeS, SDS, SFC and STEM. Developing the Young Workforce, Skills Investment Plans Liaise with schools and employers where appropriate, looking at new and innovative ways to recruit females putting them on appropriate placements and increasing the number of females into employment UHI – recruit more female academic and technician staff to provide positive role models, visit schools to promote females onto our programmes and provide support for female students Work with agencies specifically setup to Tertiary Curriculum Working TCWGs/PLs/STEM Ambassadors TCWGs/PLs WISE/PLs/STEM Ambassadors 3 year timescale, full review in June 2020 Annual review, Programme SED and SN SED, full review 2020 3 year timescale, full review in June 2020 3 year timescale, full review
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