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Emily Wilding Davison Engineering Scholarship for women.....

34 replies

NicolaStart · 19/01/2019 16:38

Because women have traditionally been excluded from / under-represented in engineering, right? Probably due to gendered stereotyping and pressure.
Right?
So good for the University of Northumbria for encouraging women to step forward in a largely male oriented field.
Right?

Oh, wait. See the first line of the T&C....
Emily Wilding Davis scholarship

Emily Davison would be turning in her grave, right?

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ErrolTheDragon · 19/01/2019 17:19

I'm somewhat relaxed because I'd bet on a young woman budding engineer winning the award rather than someone focussed on their identity. It's a silly policy but hopefully will have little bearing on reality.

My DD won an IET scholarship last year, her sponsor had a policy of 50:50 M:F - because they're acutely aware of the need to recruit more women. I don't know what their criteria are but I'm pretty sure they were focussed on supporting actual women.

Funkyfunkybeat12 · 19/01/2019 17:13

Should be for women and trans men. Why can’t we have those sorts of scholarships?

NotTerfNorCis · 19/01/2019 17:10

At least it distinguishes between women and those who only identify as them. Basically saying that transwomen aren't women. Subtle, but neatly done.

ErrolTheDragon · 19/01/2019 17:09

Some useful facts and figures re women in engineering in the U.K.:

www.wes.org.uk/content/wesstatistics

merrymouse · 19/01/2019 17:08

I wonder if they are aware that trans women would have had the same rights as men in 1913 when Emily Davison was hit by the King's horse and that no amount of identifying would have enabled trans men to have those rights.

papayasareyum · 19/01/2019 17:07

Oh god, so it’s not a scholarship for women, it’s a scholarship for anyone at all?!!

merrymouse · 19/01/2019 17:05

Does this include or exclude people who don't believe they have a gender?

GenderIsAPrison · 19/01/2019 17:02

Who’s going to write to them?

OldCrone · 19/01/2019 16:49

Why say it's for women if it's for anyone? Why not just be honest about it?

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