SI Lichfield club, in partnership with the Staffordshire STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Centre at Staffordshire University are organising a ‘Skirting Science’ event at the Lichfield Campus. Year 9 girls from local schools have been invited to attend a serious of workshops to enhance their awareness of opportunities for study and careers in STEM subjects.
WHY? Here are some of the reasons: 46% of English schools sent no girls on to study A-level Physics last year. Only 7% of engineers are women. Only 3% of engineering technicians are women, conpared to 5% in 2008. Men are 6 times more likely than women to work in STEM. Less than 20% of academic professors are female. Only 5% of Nobel Laureates are women; Dorothy Hodgkin is the sole British female recipient of a Nobel price for science.