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