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Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June, Amey<\/a> is hosting a series of competitions across the UK, including the\u00a0Challenge Cup to inspire girls from underprivileged areas into STEM careers<\/h2>\n

The Challenge Cup was devised to raise awareness in schools of what is involved in an engineering career. It involves teams of girls looking at all aspects of an engineering project, such as designing a section of smart motorway or responding to a bridge collapse, including planning, budgeting and managing risk. The challenge also involves the girls presenting their solutions to senior professionals.<\/p>\n

While girls continue to study STEM subjects<\/a> at school just as much as boys (representing 48% of the total STEM entries at GCSE) and generally outperform boys in the majority of subjects, there is an ongoing imbalance when it comes to undergraduate degrees and jobs in STEM industries.<\/p>\n

Only 16% of engineering and technology undergraduates are female and the UK has the lowest percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe, around 11%.<\/p>\n

The competition, which involves 230 girls from 20 schools across the UK and 100 Amey employees supporting numerous events, is designed to show how many different roles are available within the technology and engineering sectors, as well as influence underprivileged schoolgirls to break the status quo and consider alternative careers.<\/p>\n

Created five years ago as a careers involvement day by Birmingham-based Amey staff, the competition grew to include a number of schools in the West Midlands. Building on the successes of previous years, this June the competition goes nationwide with schools in Sheffield, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, York, Milton Keynes, Belfast and Scotland all taking part.<\/p>\n

At last year\u2019s event in Birmingham, Grace from winning team Clayton Hall Academy<\/a> said: \u201cWe\u2019re all really enjoying it. It\u2019s quite a challenge but that\u2019s what makes it enjoyable. It\u2019s coming along quite well with good teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa Ingram, head of business improvement at Amey, started and developed the Challenge Cup after seeing the lack of aspiration, opportunities and female role models during a visit to her daughter\u2019s school.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to launch the Challenge Cup across the UK in 2019. It gives girls from deprived areas access to professional female role models they wouldn\u2019t normally engage with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a social responsibility to build hopes and aspirations for the communities we work in, and Amey encourages its staff to get involved in enabling young people, especially girls, to take part in the cutting-edge industries we work in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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