Why is there a lack of girls in STEM careers and what can schools do about it?

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Why is there a lack of girls in STEM careers and what can schools do about it?

Despite the increased understanding of the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), it is still a male dominated career with only 13% of the overall workforce being female. There is a lot of research into different ways to engage more girls in STEM, however not much from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wright, Emily
Format:	Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50328/

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