What barriers do BAME students face starting an engineering career?
The fact is, graduates from BAME backgrounds are between 5% and 15% less likely to become employed compared to graduates from other backgrounds.
The fact is, graduates from BAME backgrounds are between 5% and 15% less likely to become employed compared to graduates from other backgrounds.
There are various routes into engineering and ways to gain engineering experience, with many of these routes open to diverse candidates from a range of different backgrounds.
Apprenticeships allow you to combine on-the-job training with part-time learning, and are great for those who don’t want to commit to another three or four years of full-time study on a degree programme. There are other advantages too – you get straight into the workplace where you gain crucial skills from the get-go, work alongside …
January and February 2018 saw us launch our EqualEngineers Apprenticeship Fairs. Taking on a tour of the UK, we visited Bristol, London, Birmingham and Manchester. In total we had over 100 representatives from over 40 engineering and technology companies speak with over 700 apprenticeship-seekers. Not bad! “Thanks for putting on such a well organised and …