{"id":57023,"date":"2023-04-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/?post_type=insights&#038;p=57023"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:09:51","slug":"innovateher-careers-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/insights\/news\/innovateher-careers-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Expleo and InnovateHer hatch plan to get more women into STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57023\" class=\"elementor elementor-57023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"insights\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1ed57b gg-article-content gg-standard-article-template gg-simple-text gg-container-tiny elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1ed57b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-325f6f7e\" data-id=\"325f6f7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c73c262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c73c262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Expleo, UK, 20 April 2023<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/\">Expleo <\/a>is partnering with social enterprise outfit InnovateHer to encourage more young women in the UK to take up careers in STEM.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a80a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a80a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8t0a0724.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57032\" alt=\"A man and a woman stand outside a modern building with large glass doors. 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To their right is a bronze statue of a woman in historical clothing, representing women in STEM, standing next to a chair and gesturing with her right arm extended.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8t0a0724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8t0a0724-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8t0a0724-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">L-R Chelsea Slater, CEO, InnovateHer and Jeff Hoyle, UK MD and EVP Aero, Space and Defence at Expleo agree partnership under the watchful gaze of the Emmeline Pankhurst statue, Manchester.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227d3f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"227d3f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>As an employer of more than 1500 tech and engineering experts in the UK and 17,000 globally, Expleo is committed to developing the next generation of talent and is partnering with InnovateHer on its mission to drive greater diversity in the sector.<\/p>\n\n<p>The partnership, sealed under the watchful gaze of Manchester\u2019s Emmeline Pankhurst statue, is Expleo\u2019s first investment in a social enterprise and will see it work with InnovateHer to develop and launch an in-school education programme later this year, which Expleo\u2019s employees will be part of delivering.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Jeff Hoyle<\/strong>, <strong>MD of Expleo in the UK<\/strong> <strong>and Global EVP<\/strong> <strong>Aero, Space<\/strong> <strong>and Defence<\/strong>, said: \u201c<em>For too long now there\u2019s been a lack of support for young people, and especially women, looking to take up careers in tech and engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>\u201cBy working with InnovateHer we can reach young people and showcase the variety of careers open to them in our industry \u2013 along with highlighting the number of opportunities right here in the North-West and across the UK to realise their career ambitions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Expleo, which has its UK head-office in Preston, has grown rapidly since it formed in 2017, and partners with dozens of clients across <a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/industries\/\">14 industries<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/expleo.com\/global\/en\/industries\/\"> including aerospace, marine, automotive, BFSI and energy and utilities sectors.<\/a> It is a significant regional employer of tech talent, with plans to grow its UK workforce to more than 1700 people by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Hoyle added:<\/strong> <em>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to increasing diversity at Expleo and we\u2019re in it for the long-term. We\u2019re investing now, to see the benefits tomorrow and by working with InnovateHer to get out there in local communities and connect our brilliant, passionate engineers to the region\u2019s young people we\u2019re hoping to make a big difference and encourage more women to take up careers in STEM \u2013 who knows, we might light a spark in someone, who goes on to become our next Chief Engineer or Lead Data Scientist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovateher.co.uk\/our-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnovateHer<\/a> is on a mission to get girls ready for the tech industry, and the industry ready for girls. It launched its first in-school programme in 2015 and since then has supported thousands of young people across the North-West.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Chelsea Slater, CEO, InnovateHer, said:<\/strong> <em>\u201cJust 19% of the digital tech workforce in the UK is female, compared to 37% across all sectors. 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