New engineering uni to tackle UK industry’s gender imbalance

Posted on 10 May 2018 by Jonny Williamson
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Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, the Provost of NMiTE, the new engineering university being created in Hereford, gave evidence in Parliament to the Skills Commission’s inquiry into the under-representation of women in engineering.

Rodriguez-Falcon is Provost at New Model In Technology and Engineering. Professor Rodriguez-Falcon said: “There is a huge shortfall of talented engineers in the UK, and part of the problem is the imbalance between the number of male and female engineers. “NMiTE plans to tackle this problem through a range of radical…

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