Submitted on Monday 25th September 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Only 9% of UK engineers are female. The issue must be addressed at school level
According to the Women's Engineering Society, only 9% of the engineering workforce is female and here in the UK, we have the lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe.
The problem starts at school and the Government must act to address this.
- The UK has the lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe,
at less than 10%, while Latvia, Bulgaria and Cyprus lead with nearly 30%.
- Only around 20% of A Level physics students are girls and this has not changed in 25 years
- In a survey of 300 female engineers, 84% were either happy or extremely happy with their career choice
- Engineering students are second only to medics in securing full-time jobs and earning good salaries
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do to increase the number of female engineers in the UK.
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