Physical Science, Measurement and Instrumentation, Management and Education, IEE Proceedings A

There is considerable scope for the greater employment of women is engineering, and numerous attempts have been made to encourage more girls to consider careers in this field. The paper describes the aims, programmes and evaluation of ´Insight´ residential courses held at universities/polytechnics since 1979 which have been designed to tell academically able girls a great deal about the education, training, work and career prospects of professional engineers. It is concluded that a strong case exists for continuation, or even expansion, of the scheme.<>