{"id":44111,"date":"2014-06-24T14:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3d2f5ba7520636d47a0ca1befd9acedd"},"modified":"2014-06-24T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:09:17","slug":"speech-women-in-engineering-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44111","title":{"rendered":"Speech: Women in Engineering Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Good afternoon and thanks to Terry Morgan for his kind words of introduction. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a real honour to be here with you all today (23 June 2014) to help celebrate <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wes.org.uk\/nwed\">Women in Engineering day<\/a>, thank you for the invite.<\/p>\n<p>The sheer scale and complexity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/policies\/expanding-and-improving-the-rail-network\/supporting-pages\/developing-crossrail\">Crossrail<\/a> project is breath-taking and we should be proud of what\u2019s being achieved.<\/p>\n<p>This is UK engineering at its best, and getting young women interested in construction and engineering early is vital to the industry\u2019s future and for the UK\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>If you want something to be used by everyone, it cannot make sense for half the world not to be involved in the design.<\/p>\n<p>And for any thriving industry competing in today\u2019s global economy, it needs the skills and talent possessed by 50% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>By choosing a career in engineering, you will be solving the critical problems that will benefit millions, for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is how to keep commuters moving deep below the streets of the capital, to making flying more efficient, or designing re-useable spacecraft, engineers like Anita Wu, Sophie Robinson and Philippa Davies are leading the way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stephen Hammond celebrates the first National Women in Engineering Day\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/27807\/hammond-women-engineering.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Today is a great example of how by investing in our transport system, we\u2019re also investing in Britain. <\/p>\n<p>Projects like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/policies\/expanding-and-improving-the-rail-network\/supporting-pages\/developing-crossrail\">Crossrail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/high-speed-two-limited\">High Speed 2<\/a> don\u2019t only boost our economy and create jobs. <\/p>\n<p>They also develop the skills of thousands of people. Skills that will help this country compete on a global scale long after this project has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>The Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy in East London is a great example of investing in the future and ensuring that Crossrail leaves a legacy far and beyond a new railway. <\/p>\n<p>And I would like to congratulate all the 30 winners who are here today. You\u2019re all a fantastic example of the young people whose ideas will be shaping the future of the capital &#8211; and the country &#8211; for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy the tour of the station today and are inspired to take up a career in engineering. Many congratulations to you all and very well done.<\/p>\n<p>May I also take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to Valerie Todd, who has just been awarded a CBE for services to skills, training and development of young people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating the first national Women in Engineering day and congratulating Crossrail competition winners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}