{"id":414,"date":"2014-10-27T21:18:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weston-super-mare\/?p=414"},"modified":"2014-11-06T19:05:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:05:20","slug":"skirting-science-why-the-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weston-super-mare\/2014\/10\/27\/skirting-science-why-the-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Skirting Science- Why the Effort?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The gender gap in science is real, and closing it will capitalise on national investment to diversify the scientific workforce and benefit UK\u2019s health and economy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">A 2014 YouGov poll in the United Kingdom found that more than half (54%) of the people polled could not name a woman in science. Even when scientists think about women in science, famous and high-profile women such as Marie Curie typically first come to mind. However, even she battled both sexism and xenophobia during her life. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">We\u00a0in SI Weston super Mare have taken action and \u00a0believe effort must go into increasing and consolidating links between the STEM sector and schools to give girls the\u00a0stimulus to rethink their career options\u00a0through this annual event where schools, industry and science professional collaborate to showcase STEM based careers opportunities.\u00a0\u00a0Skirting Science\u00a0helps to provide a genuine\u00a0solution to help to close the gender gap. It has won an International\u00a0 Award and our club is proud of the achievements\u00a0of the Skirting Science team ably led by Ruth. The premise that our efforts are\u00a0 important to very future of the UK&#8217;s economy and financial well being may sound grandiose,\u00a0but this project\u00a0\u00a0involves many schools with many girls\u00a0who benefit from an experience which\u00a0offers a\u00a0real insight into\u00a0STEM work skills, without which our futures\u00a0may be compromised &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/254885\/bis-13-1269-professor-john-perkins-review-of-engineering-skills.pdf\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/254885\/bis-13-1269-professor-john-perkins-review-of-engineering-skills.pdf<\/a>\u00a0. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/assets\/organisation_default_news\/s300_department-for-business-innovation-skills-f44a7bc04b82ee5b89174ddba967b814.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gender gap in science is real, and closing it will capitalise on national investment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skirting-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skirting Science- Why the Effort? | News | Blog | Events | SI Weston Super Mare and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Weston Super Mare and District : Blog &amp; News : Skirting Science- Why the Effort? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Weston Super Mare and District . 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