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Youngsters reject engineering due to lack of awareness

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''Young people are rejecting engineering as a career choice because they don’t know enough about the profession, according to new research to mark the start of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week.



The research shows only half of 11 to 14-year-olds would consider a career in engineering and less than one in ten (7 per cent) plan to be engineers once they finish their education.



Girls in particular are not attracted to engineering as a career option, with 65 per cent saying they would not consider a career in engineering, a quarter (24 per cent) of which do not think that engineering is a suitable or attractive career for women.'' E&T Magazine



I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this.



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    I don't understand why people get so upset at engineering being seen as dirty, for some of us who work on-site and wear overalls and a hard hat on a daily basis that is the reality of our job as an engineer, we need to be careful not to misrepresent the profession too much the other way.



    I also find the snobbery towards tradesmen being called engineers uncomfortable, having worked my way up to engineer from the tools I think that it could be off putting to youngsters looking at apprenticeships as a route into engineering. I have found throughout my career skilled craftsmen who are better engineers than anyone with a degree but that have never wanted the title or the responsibility that the title brings.  



    I think there is a need to present a balanced view of engineering as a wide and diverse field, which organisations like the IET fail to do.



    On the point of irritating women in engineering photos, women with clean overalls, hair down usually with a clipboards really irritate me, generally looking like they have never set foot on-site before in their entire career. 



    Gemma 
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    I don't understand why people get so upset at engineering being seen as dirty, for some of us who work on-site and wear overalls and a hard hat on a daily basis that is the reality of our job as an engineer, we need to be careful not to misrepresent the profession too much the other way.



    I also find the snobbery towards tradesmen being called engineers uncomfortable, having worked my way up to engineer from the tools I think that it could be off putting to youngsters looking at apprenticeships as a route into engineering. I have found throughout my career skilled craftsmen who are better engineers than anyone with a degree but that have never wanted the title or the responsibility that the title brings.  



    I think there is a need to present a balanced view of engineering as a wide and diverse field, which organisations like the IET fail to do.



    On the point of irritating women in engineering photos, women with clean overalls, hair down usually with a clipboards really irritate me, generally looking like they have never set foot on-site before in their entire career. 



    Gemma 
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