SERC workshops inspire female engineers of the future

Funded by The Institute of Engineering, the “We Can Engineer It” initiative was aimed specifically at encouraging more young females to consider engineering as a career.

Engineering and Manufacturing are acknowledged as skills gap areas in Northern Ireland and with a significant gender imbalance, there will be plenty of opportunities for young females in these areas in the next 10-15 years.

The workshops proved to be a great day out for families as they participated in a series of engineering challenges, experiments and activities including building towers and bridges, assembling and flying gliders, exploring gears and levers.

A total of 34 children from 22 families attended the session in Lisburn and one of the lecturers, Mark Fullerton, helped the budding young engineers to experiment with friction and inclines.