This article draws on insights from the paper “Engineering Across Borders: Barriers to Transnational Teaching and Research Collaboration”presented at the Fifteenth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-15). The study explores the challenges of fostering effective partnerships between UK and Egyptian institutions in Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellbeing (OSHW) within engineering disciplines.

Despite numerous programmes aimed at addressing gender inequality in higher education, women remain underrepresented in leadership roles.