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CIHT signs Tomorrow's Engineers Code

17th Dec 2020

CIHT has become the latest signatory to the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code. The code is a commitment to work toward common goals to increase the diversity and number of young people entering engineering careers.

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To achieve these goals, Signatories make four pledges about their approach to funding, designing, delivering, and learning from engineering-inspiration activities (including STEM programmes dedicated to inspiring young people into engineering).

Signatories form the Code Community which is made up of engineering firms, professional institutions, government departments, subject associations, universities, museums, third sector organisations and more. Any organisation with UK operations that funds, designs and/or delivers engineering-inspiration activities is invited to become a Signatory.

The Code’s pledges have been designed to drive a set of values and behaviours. How organisations deliver against these pledges is deliberately flexible so that Signatories can tailor their ambitions relevant to specific strengths and challenges within their own organisation.

Over 100 organisations and individuals helped write The Code; identifying four key areas where we could work closer together:

Inspiring connection - Ensure programs contribute to a sustained and rich STEM journey for all young people.
Driving inclusion - Ensure all young people have opportunities to engage in engineering-inspiration activities, so that no one is left behind.
Showcasing engineering - Promote a positive, compelling, and authentic view of engineering and showcasing the breadth of opportunities.
Improving impact - Improve monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities to develop a shared understanding of what works.

Sue Percy CBE, Chief Executive, CIHT said:

"Signing the Tomorrow's Engineers Code is another example of how CIHT is supporting the highways and transportation professionals of the future. The code resonates with our core values of being professional, inclusive, collaborative and progressive. CIHT has been at the forefront of raising Diversity and Inclusion up the agenda across the highways and transportation profession and looks forward to working with the code community to promote these important messages."

To find out more about the code please visit here