• DocumentCode
    900621
  • Title

    Electrifying women-a solution to the skills shortage

  • Author

    Platt, Baroness

  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    10/5/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    333
  • Lastpage
    336
  • Abstract
    The author discusses the problems of recruiting women into engineering courses. She then discusses some of the steps being taken to interest girls at school in engineering. These include giving girls a trial `hands-on´ experience, broader engineering courses and retraining. The author refers to several organisations concerned with recruiting women into science and engineering. The author also discusses career breaks for women in engineering who wish to raise a family
  • Keywords
    education; engineering; engineering courses; training; women;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    215822