Best Practice in Running Female Only Open Days for Apprenticeships

Diversity in Apprenticeships Project: Case Study Number Four

1 March 2011

Funded by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), the UKRC developed and ran a ‘Diversity in Apprenticeships’ pilot project in 2010/11, working with the UK’s leading energy providers to increase the number of female and BAME apprentices in this sector. 

What stops women and girls from doing engineering Apprenticeships? Through experience of working with organisations and women in SET, and identifying recurring problems, the UKRC has found that these are some of the barriers to women and girls

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Download all case studies from the Diversity in Apprenticeships project:

The Business Case for Increasing the Diversity of Apprentices in the Energy Sector

Best Practice in Attracting Atypical Applicants to Apprenticeships

Best Practice in the Recruitment Process for Atypical Apprentices

Best Practice in Running Female Only Open Days for Apprenticeships