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<p>The Government is committed to encouraging more young people including women to
consider a career in the engineering and manufacturing sector, including in shipbuilding.
The Government has supported a year-long campaign to tackle the engineering skills
gap and widen the pool of young people who join the profession.</p><p>The 2018 Year
of Engineering was a national campaign to increase awareness and understanding of
engineering among young people, their parents and their teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The
Government is committed to working with the business community to create more inclusive
workplaces from the shop floor to the boardroom. The Government has commissioned and
supports several business-led, independent reviews on promoting diversity, including
the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase the representation of women on boards and
in senior leadership positions in FTSE 350 companies to 33% by 2020 and the Parker
Review to increase the ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024. These reviews
form part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy
that works for all.</p>
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