What is the Talent 2030 Dashboard?

"WES is really proud to support this brilliant Talent 2030 Dashboard."

Dr Carol Marsh, President of the Women’s Engineering Society

The purpose of the Talent 2030 dashboard is to set out serious targets over a credible timeline which we will monitor every year from 2012 to 2030.

Failure to start improving the way in which girls and young women are encouraged to study subjects like physics, mathematics and engineering reduces the size of the talent pool and potentially jeopardises the international competitiveness of engineering and manufacturing in the UK.

What are the Targets?

"I support the National Centre for Universities and Business’ target of doubling the number of female engineering graduates by 2030."

Prime Minister David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions

By the year 2030:

25% of Engineering and Technology postgraduates in the UK should be women

30% of Engineering and Technology undergraduates in the UK should be women

30% of students studying A-Level Physics should be girls

50% of students studying GCSE Physics should be girls

These targets have been developed through our research and are backed by the UK government.

The Dashboard also tracks the number of female UK engineering professionals.

2019 Dashboard

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2018 Dashboard

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2017 Dashboard

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2016 Dashboard

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2015 Dashboard

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2014 Dashboard

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2013 Dashboard

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2012 Dashboard

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