Welcome Transitions.Stakeholders.Seminar.#21 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome Transitions.Stakeholders.Seminar.#21 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Thursday)15)November)2018 Welcome Transitions.Stakeholders.Seminar.#21 Professional.bodies.&.refugee. engineers/architects/planners: Supporting.mutual.engagement Todays(objectives To#explore#the#challenges#faced#by#
Today’s(objectives
To#explore#the#challenges#faced#by# refugee#engineers#and#architects#in# the#UK#labour#market To#identify#ways#of#improving#mutual# engagement#between#professional# bodies#and#skilled#refugees
Programme
- Setting'the'scene:'Vicky'Johnson,'Employment'
Advisor,'Transitions
- Restarting'as'an'architect'in'the'UK:'RA,'
Transitions'candidate
- Steps'to'success:'OM,'former'Transitions'
candidate'
- Break
- Group'discussions
- Final'comments
National(context
Refugee&unemployment&rate&48%&3 70%,&much&higher& than&UK&average Estimated&55%&of&refugees&in&employment&are&over3 qualified,&compared&to&24%&native&born
Sources:)OECD)(2016))How)are)refugees)faring)on)the)labour)market)in)Europe?)A)first) evaluation)based)on)the)2014)EU)Labour)Force)Survey)ad)hoc)module Cebellua et)al)(2010))Spotlight)on)refugee)integration:)findings)from)the)survey)of)new) refugees)in)the)United)Kingdom,)Home)Office)RR37 Bloch,)Refugees’)Opportunities)and)Barriers)in)Employment)and)Training,)2002,)quoted)in) London)enriched:)The)Mayor’s)refugee)integration)strategy,)2009 Kirk,)Home)Office)Skills)Audit)of)Refugees,)2004
National(context
Economic'Integration'of'Refugees'in'the'UK'
Zovanga Kone)and)Carlos)Vargas0Silva)of)COMPAS
31%)of)asylum)group)highly0educated 23%)of)the)UK0born)group)highly0educated Refugees)who)have)been)in)the)country)for)25)years)or)more)are)the) closest)to)UK0born)in)term)of)employment)rate,)yet)they)still) marginally)lag)behind)(c.)4)percentage)points).
Engineering'context
The$State$of$Engineering:$Key$Facts$2018,$EngineeringUK
Annual&shortfall&of&59,000
Transitions)London)CIC:))Objectives)
7% 2% 18% 8% 20% 6% 10% 2% 2% 2% 8% 13% 2%
Transitions)candidates)countries)of)origin)2011318
Afghanistan Cote5d'Ivoire Eritrea Ethiopia Iran Iraq Kenya Other Pakistan Somalia Sri5Lanka Sudan Syria Yemen
48% 4% 10% 10% 2% 3% 3% 20%
Professions)of)Transitions)candidates)201122018
Engineers Architects Accountants Administrators Banking
51% 54% 33% 49% 46% 67%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
All Engineers Architects Outcomes)by)profession Positive;outcome No;outcome
16% 0% 84% 100%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Engineers Architects
Professional+body+membership:+ current+candidates Yes No
Challenges
- Which%one?
- Money?%
- Evidence
- Demonstrating%CPD
- Difference%between%membership%
and%registration
- IT%issues