{"id":24487,"date":"2019-07-24T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happy-northcutt.194-164-31-150.plesk.page\/?p=24487"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:37:41","slug":"delivering-engineering-to-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimistic-solomon.194-164-31-150.plesk.page\/?p=24487","title":{"rendered":"Tips On Delivering Engineering Activities To Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ensuring that young people are engaged and interested in engineering topics is more important than ever before. With the skills gap becoming an increasing issue within the engineering and manufacturing industry, educational institutions around the country need to take action immediately.<\/p>\n

In this article, we take a look at some of the reasons that we need to encourage more students to become engineers, as well as some tips on how to get young people engaging with the engineering industry from a younger age.<\/p>\n

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Why Do Young People Need To Be Engaged By Engineering?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over the last few years, the skills gap between older and experienced workers and university\/apprenticeship graduates has grown significantly. With an ever-increasing demand for highly skilled workers within the engineering industry, extreme strain has been put on employers and budding engineers.<\/p>\n

The expectation from employers is that young employees must come in and begin working at a level far beyond their years of experience, the current model simply isn\u2019t sustainable, with older and experienced engineers edging ever closer to retirement. According to research carried out by EngineeringUK<\/a>, the UK will require 203,000 people with Level 3 Engineering skills each year to meet demand through to 2024.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s also worth noting that there are several under-represented groups in engineering and steps need to be taken to address these gaps. Research carried out in 2018 by EngineeringUK found that just 12% of the engineering workforce is female, which presents a huge challenge as we try and encourage more young women to join the engineering workforce.<\/p>\n

\"Stat<\/a>There are also huge challenges with representation from ethnic minorities within engineering, with just 9% of the current workforce made up of individuals who are of minority ethnic heritage.<\/p>\n

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How To Engage Young People In Engineering<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With so much emphasis being placed on ensuring more young people from all backgrounds become engaged with the engineering industry and choose to take up a career within the sector, it can be difficult to know exactly how is best to approach workshops, lessons or talks on the subject. From including hands-on activities within your session to highlighting the benefits of working within the engineering industry, here are some of our top tips on how to create engaging workshops on engineering for young people.<\/p>\n