Staff profiles
Jill Collins
Project manager, Women in SET (WiSET) / MSc, Dip CG
Phone 0114 225 4675
Email j.collins@shu.ac.uk
Current work
- STEM Subject Choice and Careers (Department for Education) - member of the management team for this three year national project (2008-2011) as part of the STEM Programme to raise awareness and engagement in STEM subjects and careers; working with a wide range of key STEM, education, equality and diversity and career stakeholders to widen access of young people to STEM careers. I organised and chaired the Equality and Diversity group and led on the work related learning aspects of the project.
- Women in SET - our team work with employers, learning providers, careers professionals, STEM organisations, third sector groups as well as directly with women and girls locally, regionally and nationally to widen participation in STEM and built environment sectors on a range of projects.
- The UKRC - our team have been a core partner since its inception with the lead organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering and technology (SET).
- Equality and Diversity in STEM - equality and diversity was placed at the heart of the STEM careers project. In setting up the online stem e and d toolkit initially as part of the project we are aiming to take that knowledge and expertise and develop it further to support STEM education and careers in all strands of equality and diversity working in partnership with others
Careers
I have been involved in careers education, information, advice and guidance projects for many years and am a member of the following groups
- Institute of Career Guidance Ethics and Standards Committee
- EngineeringUK Careers Advisory Panel
- CREST Awards Expansion Group, British Science Association
- Local Advisory Board, UK Career Academy at Longley Park College, Sheffield
In 2007 I received a National Careers Award for 'Working with young people in 14–19 learning' presented by the Institute of Career Guidance
Research interests
Research interests include
- the role of career learning within STEM education
- itersectionality and social justice in education
- equality and diversity in STEM subjects and careers
- vocational education, work related learning and work experience
- promotion of STEM subjects within an ethical context
Research outputs: key publications since 2006
Morton, P, Goodwin, A, Kellond, A, Close, K and Collins, J (2011) Investing in the Future Construction Workforce: CSR and work experience placements, International Journal of Construction Management, Special edition, CSR in Construction,
Morton, P and Collins, J (2010) Widening horizons in STEM work experience, Research Conference, Education and Employer Taskforce, University of Warwick, 15 October 2011.
Morton, P, Collins, J and Eaton, D (2010) Pathways to success: positive steps into built environment higher education for women, Building a Better world, CIB congress 2010, University of Salford, Salford Quays, 10-13 May 2010
Morton, Pat, Ishaq, Rihana, Collins, Jill and Eaton, Denise (2008) The Changing Face of Engineering, presented at EE2008 International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education: Loughborough University on 14–16 July 2008.
Morton, P, Collins, J and Rooker, G (2006) Change in Practice, in Construction Information Quarterly, Vol. 8, Issue 4, 178-180
Morton, P, Collins, J and Eaton, D (2006) Women in SET, paper presented at 2nd International conference on Interdisciplinarity in Education, ICIE 2006, 11–13 May 2006, Athens, Greece.
Other publications
Encouraging equality and diversity; Working towards equal opportunities in STEM subjects and careers, Crown copyright, 2011.
STEM Subject Choice and Careers, Lessons Learned Part 1 and 2, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011.
Guide to examples of good quality STEM placements, Crown copyright 2011
STEM Equality and Diversity Toolkit, Education in Science magazine, Association of Science Education, February 2011
A Quick Guide to STEM Work Experience Placements, Crown copyright 2010
Moving Forward on Gender, Centrelink, The Magazine of the Centre for Education and Industry, June 2010
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