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SUMMARY
The Women in Technology (WIT) Scheme was set up in the U.K. in 1981 to provide an opportunity for women qualified in engineering and technology, and who had left paid employment for family reasons, to prepare for a return to technological work while still based in the home
Collaboration between the Open University's (OU( Yorkshire Region and the Centre for Extension Studies (CES) at Loughborough University produced a proposal for a programme to include special counselling, a weekend preparatory course at Loughborough, and a choice of an appropriate course from the wide range of higher level technology courses offered by the OU from home based study. The programme is designed to encourage women back into technological careers by promoting confidence, knowledge and skills in career planning, while broadening and updating existing technical knowledge
The WIT scheme, funded by the Manpower Services Commission, is in its fifth year and now includes a second conversion option for non-technologist women. This option is not covered here. The paper provides evidence that the scheme is generally fulfilling its objectives at modest cost, by recouping a valuable national investment and enabling women engineers to find proper use for their professional abilities.