{"id":6897,"date":"2024-04-30T22:17:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/?p=6897"},"modified":"2024-11-18T23:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T22:51:50","slug":"stem-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2024\/04\/30\/stem-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Crosby Soroptimist Steph Stephenson recently gave her fellow members a whistle-stop tour of STEM in her workplace.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2024\/04\/Steph-Stephenson-of-JLR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6898\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2024\/04\/Steph-Stephenson-of-JLR-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2024\/04\/Steph-Stephenson-of-JLR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2024\/04\/Steph-Stephenson-of-JLR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2024\/04\/Steph-Stephenson-of-JLR.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects to girls is ongoing. Take-up of STEM subjects at school is encouraging; but how does this translate into the world of work?<\/p>\n<p>In the UK only 16% of engineers are female. Steph demonstrated how her employer (Jaguar Land Rover &#8211; JLR) is facing the challenge of enhancing women\u2019s access to engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Steph is HR Director for JLR (Halewood and Brazil). For International Women\u2019s Day the year (8<sup>th<\/sup> March) Steph and the team set up workplace sessions both for employees and for young women in high schools local to the factory. Delegates looked at engineering \u2013 its scope, challenges and opportunities \u2013 in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u00a0 is taking positive action to encourage job applications from women. Currently only 4% of the workforce on the shop floor are female \u2013 so there is a huge untapped resource of talent and potential.<\/p>\n<p>The JLR work environment is changing to accommodate a greater female intake. Workwear and equipment, for example, need to be re-examined for safety and suitability. This reassessment improves the working environment for existing employees, fosters in-house innovation and encourages more women to consider engineering as a career option.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Covid, Crosby Soroptimists enabled several <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/our-projects\/stem-science-technology-engineering-mathematics\/\">opportunities<\/a> for girls in local high schools to hear from young women in STEM-related careers. Steph\u2019s input, via JLR engineers, was considerable. Her fellow Crosby members were, therefore, delighted to hear more about her recent female-focused initiatives in the engineering industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crosby Soroptimist Steph Stephenson recently gave her fellow members a whistle-stop tour of STEM in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":6903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STEM in the Workplace | News | Blog | Events | SI Crosby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Crosby : Blog &amp; News : STEM in the Workplace : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Crosby . 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