Offshore wind - skills priorities and action plan: equality impact assessment (EQIA)

An assessment to consider the impacts of the offshore wind skills priorities and action plan on equality- in line with Scottish Government guidance.


Footnotes

1 Wind industry skills intelligence report 2025 | RenewableUK

2 Higher Education Students and Qualifiers at Scottish Institutions 2023-24 - Scottish Funding Council

3 Modern Apprenticeship Statistics, up to the end of Q4 2024/25

4 British Sociological Association (2019). Older job applicants up to three times less likely to be selected for interview than younger ones, study finds.; Work | The State of Ageing 2022 | Centre for Ageing Better

5 People in work - Scotland's Labour Market Insights: April 2025 - gov.scot

6 Engineering UK (2025). How many people in the UK work in engineering and technology?

7 Scope (2022). Attitudes and disability

8 Engineering UK (2025). How many people in the UK work in engineering and technology?

9 Ibid.

10 Wind industry skills intelligence report 2025 | RenewableUK

11 Factors in Successful STEM Learner Engagement

12 Renewable energy: A gender perspective (Second edition)

13 Renewable energy: A gender perspective (Second edition); Carrer deflection, Exploring Diversity, Progression, And Retention In Engineering

14 Webb, A. (2023). Juggling childcare and work.

15 Ibid.

16 Offshore Wind Skills Intelligence Report 2023; Wind industry skills intelligence report 2025 | RenewableUK

17 Scottish Government (2024). Summary statistics for attainment and initial leaver destinations.

18 Learning and Work Institute (2022). Rapid evidence review: minority ethnic youth employment outcomes.; Scottish Government (2019). Scottish household survey 2018: Annual report

19 Fawcett (2023). System update: Addressing the gender gap in tech.

20 Adamovic (2022). The Resume Bias: How Names and Ethnicity Influence Employment Opportunities | King's College London

21 Skills Development Scotland (2023). Apprentice Voice.

22 Scottish-Trans-and-Nonbinary-Experiences-Research-Report.pdf

23 Diversity and inclusion in STEM

24 Pearn Kandola (2023). Religion at Work

Contact

Email: OffshoreWindHub@gov.scot

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