Innovative School Outreach Projects For School Students To Explore Engineering And IT Activities In A Gameplay Environment
We know that our engineering and IT workforce is not as diverse as it needs to be, and we need to represent how diverse our community is - this is the case across multiple diversity dimensions (intersectionality) e.g., race, ethnicity. gender, education background, socio-economic opportunity etc. Barriers to diverse study and career participation in engineering and IT are complex, and perceptions of who can and should be an engineer or IT professional starts early (before or during primary school years!).