CROSSRAIL ENGINEER YOUR FUTURE CHALLENGE

What is Crossrail?

Crossrail is Europe’s biggest engineering project and is building major new railway connections under Central London

What is Crossrail?

A 73 mile railway line 26 miles of new tunnels Connecting Reading to Shenfield (Essex) via Central London, it is massive!

Why do we need Crossrail?

Overcrowding is a common issue at many London Underground stations, particularly during rush hour Quicker, easier and more direct travel opportunities across the capital, meaning better access for the 750,000 people who commute to London every day The trains will be 200 metres long and able to carry 1500 people

40 Crossrail stations, including 10 new stations The route will run at over 100km of track Carry 200m people annually

Crossrail by Numbers

Crossrail is Europe’s largest engineering project, work started in 2009 – How many people are currently working on 40 construction sites?

How many working hours have been spent on the project so far?

How much does it cost?

How many passengers will Crossrail carry per hour?

Objectives

The Prize: An invitation to the inspirational winners day Skills training Networking Exclusive site tour The top 5 online winners will also receive a year of virtual mentoring Today: Going to be working in teams Creative minds – big problems

Women in Engineering

Today we are going to be thinking about engineering – what it is and why there aren’t enough female engineers in the UK today First we’ll look at women in politics, business and the arts – are these fields fair and representative? Crossrail Shift Engineer Irina Zolotareva keeps a 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machine working to construct the new Crossrail train tunnel

Politics What percentage of the House of Commons are women?

650 MPs, just 22% are women

How many of the FTSE 100 companies have women Chief Executives?

Only 4 – Royal Mail, Easyjet, Imperial Tobacco and Burberry

Are men & women paid equally?

No – women working full time earn on average £5k less than men / year

Women in Theatre

Mark Rylance as Cleopatra in 2012, in Shakespeare’s time this was common practice as women were not allowed to perform in theatre

Women in Literature

Currer Bell, Ellis Bell and Acton Bell Otherwise known as Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte

Women in Literature

That was the 19 th Century, have things changed much in the 21 st ?

Women in Aviation

Amelia Earhart - First woman to fly across the Atlantic, and the first PERSON to make a solo flight across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Model, Movie Star or Inventor?

Hedy Lamarr Invented a remote controlled communications system for U.S. Military during World War II Her invention now serves as the basis for modern communications technology, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections

What Were the Barriers?

The law did not always dictate the paths and obstacles those women faced in their respective fields, often it was something else… Law?

Culture? Societal expectations? Lack of ambition? Lack of talent?

Choice of subjects?

What is Engineering?

The ability to take a thought, or abstract idea Engineering combines the fields of Science Why is it cool?

world problems that improve the world around us You make things, push boundaries….

Types of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering – A broad field with many branches. It is basically universal engineering Everything to do with Automobiles Power, Electronics and Computer Engineering

Types of Engineering

Civil Engineering – Buildings, bridges and roads Chemical Engineering – Synthesising new chemicals to put to use, it also involves studying chemical reactions

Building a Tunnel

How would a civil engineer be involved?

Specialising in structural design, would calculate the size of the tunnel How it should be constructed (all of the stages) and what it should be made of

Mechanical Engineer

Design the ventilation system Plan for the amount of emissions that need to be removed and the process of removing them For instance how many of a particular fan would be needed and where to install them Ventilation ducts on the new Crossrail Canary Wharf Station

Electrical Engineer

Design the lighting as well as any control systems for hazards

What do you need to be an Engineer?

Entry Routes

Good academic grades STEM subjects Apprenticeships Foundation courses A university degree

What Does Your Typical Engineer Look Like?

Each group draw a picture and we’ll compare results

Britain has a Problem

Britain is falling behind in Engineering and it is having a huge effect on the economy The Philippines, Iran, Mexico, China and India produce more engineers India produce 1.2 million engineers a year

12,000 engineering graduates a year 54,000 vacancies By 2016 we will have close to 200,000 vacancies Only 6% female

Your Challenge – Mission Critical

You are now working as consultants for Crossrail Your task is to protect the future of engineering in the UK How will you go about recruiting the next generation of female engineers in Britain?

Task 1 – What’s the Problem?

Why are girls not taking up engineering? Describe three different kinds of barriers to this career

Task 2 – The Solution

How will you get more females to consider engineering? What action will you take tackle the barriers? (awareness & perceptions, choice of subjects) When will you engage them? How will you engage them? Project Manager Nisrine Chartouny, leads the construction of the new Crossrail Farringdon station. Seen centre, with engineers Khouloud El-Hakim (left) and Patricia Sanchez

Task 3 – The Campaign

Joining up with others will make the campaign bigger and more successful What would be the benefit of doing this?

Who could you work with on this campaign? Write down 3 arguments to convince them to join you

Advertising Campaign

Now you are ready to go public with an advertising campaign Campaign proposal – what’s the central idea that you’ll build around? Poster design – draw How will you use social media?

Come up with a powerful strap line