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Steph McGovern Launches New Teesside University Scholarship to Support Women in Engineering
The scholarship offers £44,000 funding and mentoring to first-year female engineering students to address their 16.9% national workforce representation, supporting regional STEM skills.
- Steph McGovern returned to Teesside to launch the women-in-engineering scholarship and met the 7 female recipients at the Digital Life Building.
- Nationally, women accounted for only 16.9% of the engineering workforce in 2025, while industry employers seek a skills pipeline amid Tees Valley regional investments in advanced manufacturing, bio-tech and carbon capture.
- Enginuity funded the scheme with £44,000 to cover first-year students, providing financial assistance, mentoring and a link to McGovern throughout the academic year.
- Professor Mark Simpson said the scholarships align with Teesside University leadership’s mission to empower students, calling them life-changing and sending a strong message about Tees Valley talent to employers.
- Drawing on her engineering roots, Steph McGovern, former Black & Decker engineer who won the Young Engineer for Britain award at 19, holds an Honorary Doctorate from Teesside University.
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TV's Steph in university female engineering drive
A higher education institution has partnered with a broadcaster to nurture the female engineers of tomorrow. Teesside University and Steph McGovern have launched a learning programme. Bosses say the venture, known as the Steph McGovern Women in Engineering Scholarship, will “ensure more female students have the opportunities, encouragement and resources to succeed”. Revealing…
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