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Initial results from 2nd questionnaire
We received 178 responses to the second ENGclusion questionnaire. This is the first questionnaire that examined the main factors of belonging, authenticity, satisfaction, and cultural wellbeing. All of these factors could impact who stays in the engineering and...
ENGclusion at the Network Gender and STEM conference, Heidelberg University
On 20 July 2024, Penelope Watson presented preliminary findings from the ENGclusion project at the recent biennial Network Gender and STEM conference at Heidelberg University, Germany. The conference attracted over 200 international delegates whose presentations were...
ENGclusion longitudinal study participants
So far, we have received 150 responses to the first ENGclusion questionnaire. The participants come from nearly all New Zealand Universities and from a wide range of engineering and computer science specialisations. There are 77 women, 63 men, and 8 who identify as...
Longitudinal study: first questionnaire is out
The first questionnaire for the ENGclusion longitudinal study is now up, and we are collecting our first round of data. Our goal is to understand how to retain historically excluded groups in the Engineering industry and this questionnaire is the first step. In this...
Presenting our recent work at the UoA Engineering Equity Hui
On Friday, 30 June 2023, Kelly Blincoe and Priyanka Dhopade, attended the Faculty of Engineering's Equity and Diversity hui. They presented findings from a recent study investigating factors affecting students' sense of inclusion in our undergraduate engineering...
Dr Priyanka Dhopade awarded prestigious fellowship
ENGclusion team member, Dr Priyanka Dhopade, has been named a Fellow of the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor. These fellowships help to build the capability for evidence based policy within the New Zealand government. Her project aims to provide a...
Dr Kelly Blincoe awarded Rutherford Discovery Fellowship
ENGclusion team member, Dr Kelly Blincoe, has been awarded a Royal Society Te Apārangi Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for her research programme titled ‘Towards more inclusive software engineering practices and tools to retain women in software engineering’. These...