<p>It&rsquo;s no secret that Carbon60 has been an avid supporter and partner of the military for many years now. From working closely with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.carbon60global.com/sectors/defence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ministry of Defence on recruitment projects</a>, and being recognised with an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.carbon60global.com/blog/carbon60-recognised-with-mod-gold-award" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MOD Gold Award</a>, to employing and supporting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.carbon60global.com/blog/armed-forces-profile-bruno-wood" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">current and ex-forces members</a>, our involvement with the British Armed Forces has always been a priority.</p>
<p>That&rsquo;s why for the past six years, we&rsquo;ve been delighted to sponsor the Royal Navy Football Association. And, on March 30<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;an exciting inter-service men&rsquo;s match was hosted between the Royal Navy and the Army.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s not the first time the two forces have clashed on the football field. In fact, this competition has been an annual sporting tradition between the Army, RAF and Royal Navy for many years now.</p>
<p>During a long history of battling it out on the pitch, it&rsquo;s the Army who have won the most matches, and this most recent clash saw them adding yet another win to the list after beating the Navy in a 2-1 defeat last month.</p>
<p>As sponsors, we&rsquo;re always eager to follow the matches, but with the pandemic having halted the competition in 2020 and 2021, this year&rsquo;s was particularly welcome.</p>
<p>Carbon60&rsquo;s Managing Director, Paul Nolan, commented: &ldquo;Although the game didn&rsquo;t end in the results we would have liked for the Royal Navy team, it was certainly an exciting game demonstrating how far inter-services football has come during our proud period of sponsorship.&rdquo;</p>
<p>However, this isn&rsquo;t Carbon60&rsquo;s only military sports sponsorship. We&rsquo;re also keen supporters of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.carbon60projectservices.com/blog/valuing-values">RAF&rsquo;s Ski Team</a>. But why is Carbon60 so keen to support initiatives and events like these and why do they matter? The answer goes far beyond simply our recruitment expertise in the defence sector&hellip;</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s because we share many of the same principles as our British armed forces. And, like the military, we understand the important role that sport plays in bringing people together and strengthening the key attributes that unite us all.</p>
<p>Members of our forces, and sports participants alike, need to be driven, committed and enthusiastic. And these are features we look for in our own people. Often described as a family, our employees at Carbon60 take pride in working together as a team to achieve a shared set of goals - in the same way that many of the most successful sporting teams combine differing strengths to climb to the top of their league.</p>
<p>Sporting activities are also fundamental in developing resilience and resourcefulness. And in the competitive and often challenging world of recruitment, these are important qualities for overcoming obstacles and achieving success. They&rsquo;re characteristics we encourage and celebrate across the entire Carbon60 business.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s for all of these reasons combined that we&rsquo;re dedicated to supporting the British Royal Navy Football Association - an organisation founded to promote and encourage teamwork and whose values align closely with our own.</p>
<p>This year, it&rsquo;s the RAF who were crowned overall Inter-Service Champions and we extend our congratulations to them on a great performance throughout the season. But we look forward to our ongoing sponsorship of the Royal Navy and to continuing to support them, whatever the result, next season. Keep up the great work, guys. Carbon60 wishes you lots of luck for the 2023 competition!</p>

It’s no secret that Carbon60 has been an avid supporter and partner of the military for many years now. From working closely with the Ministry of Defence on recruitment projects, and being recognised with an MOD Gold Award, to employing and supporting current and ex-forces members, our involvement with the British Armed Forces has always been a priority.

Carbon60 Proudly Sponsors the Royal Navy Football Association

<p>Engineering has shaped the world and the way we live for as long as humanity has existed.</p>
<p>From Egypt&rsquo;s Great Pyramids to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai; the Ford Model T to Bugatti&rsquo;s record-breaking Chiron hypercar; the Wright Brother&rsquo;s Wright Flyer to the imposing Airbus &lsquo;Beluga&rsquo; cargo Aircraft; and much, much more &ndash; some of the most iconic creations in history have been dreamt up, planned, and built by genius engineers. And they&rsquo;re just the headlines. Even the simplest, most seemingly insignificant things we use day-to-day will have been engineered to help make life &ndash; for the most part &ndash; better.</p>
<p>Through the centuries and decades, engineering has developed, grown, and improved at a daily, if not hourly, rate. However, as engineering advances, continuing to make breakthroughs across its variety of fields, the industry is still struggling to achieve something that has eluded it throughout history: gender parity.</p>
<p>Read on as we investigate the gender gap in engineering, the challenges the industry faces, and the actions being taken to try and create a better, more inclusive future for engineering and women in engineering.</p>
<h2>Women in Engineering: The Challenges</h2>
<p>In the UK, women continue to be underrepresented across engineering, with females only making up less than 20% of the industry&rsquo;s workforce. <a href="https://www.engineeringuk.com/research-policy/diversity-in-engineering/gender/">And that&rsquo;s despite &ndash; according to EngineeringUK &ndash; there being an upward trend in recent years.</a> What&rsquo;s more, in most cases, women are working in positions related to the core, more hands-on roles, rather than in core roles themselves.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s a similar story around the world, too. In the USA for example, whilst there has been an overall increase in women in engineering in the past few decades, <a href="https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2022/05/engineering-struggles-to-achieve-gender-parity">the American Society of Civil Engineers highlight that only around 14% of engineers in America&rsquo;s workforce are women.</a> And whilst the signs of some growth does raise hopes for the future of females in engineering, the growth is slow.</p>
<p>There are a variety of reasons for there being fewer females in engineering than their male counterparts, including a perception that the industry is better suited to &ndash; and geared towards &ndash; men, and an overall lack of diversity and inclusion across the industry too, which is contributing to a lack of female interest.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.engineeringuk.com/media/318281/chapter2_secondary-education-and-engineering_summary.pdf">EngineeringUK&rsquo;s Secondary Education and Engineering briefing</a> mentions that &ldquo;far fewer girls compared to boys taking GCSE subjects such as engineering, computing and design and technology, though girls are more likely than boys to attain the highest grades in STEM subjects.&rdquo;, with males making up an overwhelming majority of entries into further engineering education and apprenticeships too.</p>
<p>Therefore, whilst there are diversity and gender parity gaps within the industry already, the biggest challenge &ndash; to pique the interest of, and educate, more females in the future &ndash; is ahead of us, to not only diversify engineering but also meet growing demand for engineers.</p>
<h2>Women in Engineering: The Actions</h2>
<p>In the face of such challenges, institutions, organisations, and companies around the world are working tirelessly to find ways to make engineering a more inclusive and diverse industry. One that&rsquo;ll not only provide women and other minority groups better opportunities for education and successful engineering careers, but also strengthen the industry further, benefitting from the skills, passion, and drive of more people than ever before.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.engineeringuk.com/research-policy/provision-outreach/rapid-evidence-reviews/">Research carried out by EngineeringUK, and published in December 2023</a>, highlights just a few ways to encourage female engagement and interest in engineering, including:</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engaging girls with engineering and technology activities at a young age</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Including activities that challenge gender stereotypes around engineering and technology</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Learning about the needs, interests, and preferences of girls when designing outreach programmes</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Understanding the limitations of gender as a binary concept</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The use of role models that are a similar age to help bridge the developmental gap between students and professionals</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Showcasing a range of engineering and technology careers</p>
<p>Such actions are being driven by organisations and initiatives such as the <a href="https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/about-us/">WISE Campaign</a>, who support companies in engineering to &ldquo;achieve gender parity and benefit from better productivity, innovation and business performance&hellip; and strengthen STEM sectors by championing diversity of thought, background and life experience thereby making STEM inclusive to all.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, events and occasions such as <a href="https://www.inwed.org.uk/about/">International Women in Engineering Day</a> &ndash; created by the Women&rsquo;s Engineering Society and celebrated every June &ndash; have raised awareness of the importance of in engineering, as well as the opportunities available to women and the engineering companies who could benefit from creating a more diverse workforce.</p>
<h2>Women in Engineering: The Opportunities</h2>
<p>Highlighting the gender gap in engineering, and the need to make the industry more diverse and inclusive, has encouraged companies across the sector to commit themselves to educating and creating opportunities in engineering for women and minority groups, to not only close the gap, but also build a better future for the industry.</p>
<p>In the UK alone, a number of engineering companies and other STEM organisations have become industry leaders as <a href="https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/ten-steps-signatories-and-endorsements/">signatories to the WISE Campaign&rsquo;s &lsquo;Ten Steps&rsquo;</a>, an initiative that commits them to educating females and building a more diverse industry through:</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Making a public commitment to improve conditions for women working in science, technology, and engineering as an essential part of the campaign to attract more girls into the sector</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supporting the Ten Steps as a framework for companies seeking to retain and develop female talent</p>
<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Working with WISE to achieve better gender balance in the STEM workforce by using the Ten Steps to help us recruit, retain and develop women within their own organisation and also encourage others in the wider industry to do so</p>
<p>As outlined in <a href="https://www.engineeringuk.com/media/318037/women-in-engineering-report-summary-engineeringuk-march-2022.pdf">EngineeringUK&rsquo;s most recent Women in Engineering research</a>, such commitments have helped to increase the opportunities for &ndash; and employment of &ndash; women in engineering, with the number of females in engineering roles increasing by almost double over a 10-year period.</p>
<p>However, there is plenty of work still to be done. And it&rsquo;s vital that the engineering industry as a whole comes together to continue the upward trend and make engineering a stronger, more diverse and progressive place to be.</p>

Females continue to be underrepresented across engineering. Join us as we look into the industry's gender gap and what is being done to close it. 

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