EqualEngineers Pathways: Edinburgh and South East Scotland

McBride-Wright, Mark; Connell-Skinner, Kirsty

Abstract

Edinburgh & South East Scotland needs more engineering and construction professionals by 2026; a huge opportunity across the region to address not just built environment skills gaps, but also take action on pre-existing inequalities evident in the industry's workforce.

EqualEngineers is running the Edinburgh & South East Scotland Pathways Programme partnering with the Housing, Construction & Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway. The purpose here is to reduce the inequalities within the region and mentoring the engineers of the future. This feasibility study combines interviews from 26 organisations to inform a pilot mentoring programme to raise the number of individuals from historically excluded and minoritised groups into housing, construction and infrastructure working opportunities, by training and supporting them through the transition between engineering education to engineering employment.

Citation

McBride-Wright, M., & Connell-Skinner, K. (2022). EqualEngineers Pathways: Edinburgh and South East Scotland. EqualEngineers

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Online Publication Date: Oct 25, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Deposit Date: May 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: May 5, 2023
• Pages: 14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7895844
• Keywords: engineering, equality, skills, inclusion
• Publisher URL: https://equalengineers.com/pathways-programme-edinburgh/