WETHERBY-based web developer Netconstruct has launched a new website aimed at encouraging more women into employment in the science, engineering and technology (SET) sectors.
The website, for the Bradford-based UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology (UKRC), aims to bring more women into areas of the workplace that have traditionally been the preserve of men.
Half a million women in the UK a
re qualified in either science, engineering or technology - but less than a third work in these sectors, all of which are suffering a severe skills shortage.
Skills in the SET sector are expected to decline further over the next ten years which experts says could seriously damage the UK's productivity and competitiveness.
The UKRC, through its website - www.ukrc4setwomen.org - works to tackle the low numbers of women working in science, engineering and technology.
It provides a central source of expertise, data and information on women in SET in the UK, helping businesses to encourage more women to enter these fields and supporting women themselves to further their careers.
David Bentley, managing director of Leeds-based Netconstruct, which designed and powers the new website, said: "The new UKRC website provides a range of information and services to help women enter the workplace in the areas of science, engineering and technology.
"The site also provides a mentoring service, skills improvement services as well as research, news and events."
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