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Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
Recruitment and Retention
What is the role of the Educational Supply Chain?
Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
Secondary Secondary EducationEducation
Higher EducationHigher Education
Primary Primary EducationEducation
Construction Construction Industry Industry
Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
Industry Skills Shortages
There is a need to recruit 36,400 ‘white collar’ workers into the construction industry by the year 2010 (Construction Skills 2006)
An average annual requirement of 10,530 Managers and 9,280 Architects and Technical Engineers over the period 2006 -2010
Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
Secondary Secondary EducationEducation
Higher EducationHigher Education
Primary Primary EducationEducation
Construction Construction Industry Industry 10,530
Managers 9,280 Architects
Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
Trends show an increase in ‘architecture’
Decrease in ‘building’
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School of the Built
Environment
Gender Balance
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Heriot Watt Loughborough Reading Salford
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School of the Built
Environment
Shifting Mode of Study
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Dr Kate Carter
School of the Built
Environment
What can HE do?
• Promote built environment degrees• Develop the skills industry needs• Develop a long term aspiration for a
career in the construction industry• Foster “enthusiasm” in the built
environment
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School of the Built
Environment
What can Industry do?
• Contribute to built environment curricula
• Evolve working practices to suit a wider range of individuals
• Respond to career expectations• Encourage female participation in the
construction industry