What is the Technical College Women's Forum?

The Women's Technical College Forum is an event where female technical college students express themselves in their own words. We have received very positive feedback from various quarters, with comments such as ``I was able to learn about the high level of ability of female students at technical colleges'' and ``I was moved to see how energetically the female students were spending their time at technical colleges.''

Target

Female junior high school students and their parents, business personnel, educational institutions and academic association personnel, technical college faculty and female students

Content of announcement

The female students will present the following content.

(1) Introduction to specialized education at technical colleges

(2) Research introduction at technical colleges

(3) Introduction to student life and extracurricular activities of female students

In addition, we would like to invite corporate stakeholders to introduce the success of female engineers in their companies and initiatives for gender equality, and we hope to use this event as a place for career education for female students and training for technical college teachers.

Poster presentation

●Female student makes a presentation to corporate stakeholders

Female students, ranging from 15-year-old first-year regular students to 1-year-old second-year majors, gave presentations in poster session format on ``specialized education at technical colleges,'' ``research activities at technical colleges,'' and ``extracurricular activities and student life at technical colleges.'' To do.
A female student will present in her own words how she has grown during her student life at a technical college. All business professionals are welcome to view the posters and ask questions and comments to the presenters.

●Presentation by company officials to female students and faculty

We have also received presentations from corporate stakeholders about their initiatives for gender equality. We will be introducing female engineers in active roles, creating a work environment that makes it easy for female engineers to work, and systems to support employees in raising children. (Please note that this forum is not a place for recruitment or recruitment activities.)

●Female students make a presentation to junior high school girls and their parents

We also announce to junior high school girls and their parents about the fulfilling student lives of our female students. The shining appearance of female students is the dream of junior high school girls. Current female students are contributing to activities to increase the number of female technical college students in the future.

Regarding exhibits from corporate stakeholders

At this forum, we welcome corporate stakeholders who wish to make poster presentations on ``the success of our company's female engineers and our initiatives for gender equality.'' We would like to introduce the image of a female engineer that female students aspire to, as well as actual examples of gender equality initiatives, which we hope will lead to career education for female students.
Presenters are not limited to female engineers who graduated from technical colleges. We welcome a variety of people, including human resources personnel.
(Please note that this presentation is for the purpose of career education for female students and training for technical college teachers (including teachers in charge of employment), and is not an opportunity for job hunting.)

Presentation format

Please present in poster format. (For poster presentations,Click here for the guidelines.please look at. )
The presentation space will consist of two poster panels measuring 90 x 180 cm.
A large poster of A0 size is best, but it is also possible to print multiple sheets of PowerPoint material on A4 size paper (1 to 15 sheets per panel).
Example of poster placementClick here for the guidelines..

About the presentation content

1) Profile of active female engineers
This event was designed to give female students an opportunity to envision themselves in the future, learn about what they can do to achieve their goals and dreams, and what they should prepare for before graduation.
Please feel free to talk as much as you like about your work, job satisfaction, work-life balance, future dreams, etc. in your presentation.

2) About gender equality/diversity initiatives, childcare support, etc.
Please explain how you are creating a workplace where men and women can work together comfortably, and your childcare support system. You will also be able to present your expectations for future female engineers.

We received presentation data from past forums from corporate stakeholders.
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To foster female engineers

In an era of promoting the active participation of women, national technical colleges are also aiming to increase the percentage of female students among new students to 30% by 30. However, a survey of graduates shows that the retention rate of women in technical positions is lower than that of men.
This forum aims to ``nurturing female technical college students who will continue to be active as engineers throughout their lives'' together with everyone involved in business.

●Promoting the growth of female students through forums

The Technical College Women's Forum provides career education for female students in four steps.

STEP1
First, while thinking about the content of the presentation, I will self-analyze what kind of growth I have experienced during my time as a student at the technical college. In the process, they will rediscover the features of technical college education and their own strengths.

STEP2
Next, as you prepare for your presentation, you will acquire the ability to convey information in an easy-to-understand manner. For the lower-grade students, it is their first experience presenting outside of school. For fifth-year students and major students, it is important to be creative in explaining research content in an easy-to-understand manner to people outside the field. While busy with schoolwork and extracurricular activities, you will also develop the ability to manage your schedule and the ability to share work in a team.

STEP3
By actually participating in this forum, you will receive a variety of inspiration from people involved in companies, junior high school girls and their parents, as well as faculty and staff from other technical colleges and female students. Through this process, I was able to realize once again the high level of evaluation towards female technical college students and my own personal growth.

FINAL
Through this experience, the female students are able to concretely imagine themselves working as female engineers in the future, further increasing their motivation to study at the technical college.

●Results of career education

We conducted a survey of female students regarding the ``basic skills for working adults'' (proposed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) that they felt had improved by participating in this forum. Many female students feel that their abilities have improved in some way by participating in the forum. In particular, 70% of female students felt an improvement in their ability to communicate, 55% felt an improvement in their independence, and 50% felt an improvement in their ability to take action.

Through participation in this forum, female students will learn about their strengths and characteristics, and will acquire the wisdom necessary to be active as female engineers throughout their lives.

Voice of participants