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Less than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This is the of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, said this would be an " problem for years to ". He said more women needed to go into computer science. Many women have in computer science, but there are so female computer engineers. Cable that many companies had a "psychological " against women becoming engineers. He said of state schools don't have any girls doing and that the UK was "only tapping half the ulation".

The UK started a new on November the 4th to more women into engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week". Mr Cable said at the that engineering was vital for the future of UK . He said it was important to now to make sure businesses get the skilled engineers they need to . Siemens UK said Britain had to help people understand how engineering can be a career. The campaign website said it would show all the businesses and industries that need the work of engineers.

 


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