Aimed at at girls aged seven to nine, “Tech She Can helps all children, especially girls, imagine a future where they design, build and solve real-world problems”, said Pertemps, which is a West Midlands recruitment specialists, which teamed up with Assa Abloy, BOC Gases, Thames Water and Solihull College and University Centre on the project.
Illustrations within are by pupils of Foxford School in Coventry, and 100% of royalty profits from its sale go to UK charity Tech She Can.
As well as for sale through Amazon.co.uk, the book has been offered to schools. “The response has been beyond what we imagined and all the feedback has been positive. We have now distributed around 4,000 copies and interest is continuing to grow,” said Pertemps director Helen Hibbert. “The project is all about attracting more females into engineering jobs. We won’t know the results for several years, but we hope we will start to see the gender gap in the sector closing.”
Pertemps puts the UK engineering workforce at 16.9% women, compared to 56% in other professions.
