Abstract
The 150 Show... The engineering talk show with a difference. It’s not every year, or even every decade, that an institution reaches such an incredible milestone, so to celebrate our 150th anniversary with the rest of the world, we’re broadcasting a one-hour magazine programme each day of our anniversary week, called the 150 Show.
During this jam-packed show, we’ll be focussing on what it means to be an engineer, which is often very different from the stereotype. As well as how engineering is open to everyone and has an impact on all of society.
It’s often a surprise than only 12% of those working in engineering are women. We’ll be joined by talking to Carol Vorderman (co-host of Countdown), Henrietta Heald (author of Magnificent Women) Ella Podmore (winner of 2020 Young Woman Engineer of the Year) about their experiences of being women in STEM.
Today engineering covers everything from designing our future cities and transport to coming up with new healthcare technology.
As in all episodes of The 150 Show, we’ll also be joined the Youth STEM Personality of the Year winner - Callum Daniel who will be entertaining us with experiments that you can do at home, creator of #bakineering and Great British Bake Off finalist - Andrew Smyth who will be getting creative in the kitchen, IET Honorary Fellows, experts and more. All presented by our President, Professor Danielle George, and Bobby Seagull.
We’ve invited difference makers from across the world to be guests on the show to talk about the incredible work they are doing to engineer a better world for us all.
Even though one in five people work in the engineering profession, the UK faces a nationwide skills shortage. 203,000 people with engineering skills will be required each year to meet demand through to 2024, but it’s estimated that there will be an annual shortfall of 59,000 engineers and technicians to fill these roles.
Our show on inclusive engineering looks at the incredible breadth of engineering in the 21st century and how the industry can be more diverse and inclusive. We need to provide more visible role models to show young people that they can change the world through engineering and technology and spread the word that engineering doesn’t discriminate, it’s for everyone.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
5:03 Chi Onwurah MP
13:03 Stephen Metcalfe MP
18:47 Carol Vorderman
24:12 Henrietta Heald
27:14 Ella Podmore
36:46 Difference Maker Mini Doc
41:15 James Young
48:08 STEM experiment with Callum Daniel
49:43 Honorary Fellowship Interview
55:16 Bakeneering with Andrew Smyth 01:03:50 Femtech | Kristy Chong, Modi-Bodi
01:07:13 Femtech | Sarah MacDonald, Baymatob
01:13:16 Engineering Weather Map
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