girls in STEM
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In The Classroom
The real reason girls aren’t studying maths
The t-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for “everyday wear”. Across the front, it declares in italic script, “I’m…
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Opinion
I’m a physicist, and we need more girls
My mother was a physics teacher in the local school and she used to bring her physics textbooks home. As…
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In The Classroom
Girls better than boys at ICT, but possibly less interested in it
Remember the infamous 'Google memo'? In July 2017, Google engineer James Damore circulated an email to his colleagues, critiquing the…
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Policy & Reform
Highlighting the ‘E’ in STEM: Why engineering should be taught in our schools
As the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa demonstrated, ageing infrastructure is an alarming problem facing the developed world. We need…
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Policy & Reform
What it takes to make girls scientists
Growing up, Josie*, 32, dreamed of being a marine biologist. Always a water baby, she learned to swim at 18…
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