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How to attract top talent to engineering

Published: 24 November 2016

...Sexism plays a role. Professor Brian Rubineau of Â鶹AV in Canada conducted a long-term study of 700 female engineering students. The survey included voluntary diary entries to log their experiences. Professor Rubineau concludes: “Many of the women in our study experienced blatant gender bias in their project teams and internships. Much of the hands-on aspects of engineering are treated as men’s work, with women relegated to more secretarial duties.â€

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