The IET has launched its 2015 Young Woman Engineer of the Year (YWE) Awards to celebrate inspirational young women and what they have achieved as engineers.

The IET is calling on successful female engineers aged under 35 working in the UK in any engineering discipline, to consider submitting an entry for this renowned industry award, which helps demonstrate how diverse and exciting a career in engineering can be. Entrants do not need to be an IET member to apply.

The role of the awards is hugely important, as the IET’s latest Skills and Demand in Industry survey found that only six per cent of the current engineering workforce is female, a figure that has changed little in the past few years. The lack of women in engineering needs to change in order to fill the skills shortage the UK currently faces.



The winner will receive a prize of £2,500 and is given the opportunity to play an ambassadorial role for the profession for the following 12 months. There are also a number of other female-focused awards, including the Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices and the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Prize.



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