Renishaw celebrated Worldwide Girls in Engineering Day (INWED) with a complete programme of science, expertise, engineering, and maths (STEM) engagement actions. In keeping with this yr’s theme “Collectively We Engineer,” the corporate showcased how ladies in engineering are serving to to form the longer term and rework lives.
The worldwide engineering expertise group hosted a number of STEM occasions at its Miskin manufacturing web site in South Wales, with 120 college students from the native space in attendance. The week began with a Product Design Engineering Taster Day for feminine college students from Llantwit Main College at Renishaw’s STEM Centre.
Jasmin Gale, a Renishaw Apprentice, began the day by sharing her journey into engineering. This was adopted by a hands-on workshop impressed by Renishaw’s Product Innovation Course of. Throughout the workshop, college students collaborated on design duties, which helped them develop essential gentle expertise, akin to communication and problem-solving. The primary day concluded with an in-depth tour of the manufacturing facility.
“[The event provided] a wonderful perception into the alternatives at Renishaw and the place they could match into the corporate,” stated a Trainer from Llantwit Main College. A pupil from the identical college added, “In the present day was a beautiful expertise and it actually opened up my thoughts to engineering and the completely different facets of it.”
The week additionally noticed the Miskin STEM outreach group go to Llanharan Main College and Glyn-Gaer Main College, with the group delivering classes designed to introduce youthful college students to Renishaw.
Concluding the week’s actions, the STEM outreach group hosted a digital meeting with Penyrenglyn Main College. Throughout the session, college students took half in a quiz on Girls in Engineering and watched ‘day within the life’ movies that includes Renishaw’s Gaby Harper and Rhys O’Shea. Harper went on to host a reside webinar answering college students’ questions.
“Solely 16.9% of the engineering and expertise workforce are ladies. Renishaw seeks to extend this quantity by proactively participating with our ladies engineers of the longer term,” stated Laura Penney, STEM Outreach Officer at Renishaw. “Our week of occasions helped demystify what it is prefer to be a girl working in engineering – from discovering out what a typical day of their life would possibly appear like to the chance to ask them questions. We’re fortunate to have robust feminine function fashions at Renishaw who need to encourage the subsequent technology to tackle any function they need.”
