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Women in STEM
Find the answers to some of your key questions about women in STEM and check out some of our thought leadership articles and reports surrounding this down below.
What does women in STEM mean?
Women working in the following industries: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
How many female students are studying STEM subjects?
- According to recent HESA data, 31% of core STEM students in Higher Education in the UK are women or non-binary
- In 22/23 the number of female students was 123,180 – 31%
- For the 22/23 academic year, 44% of students enrolling into physical sciences were female or non-binary, this was the STEM subject with the highest percentage of females or non binary people.
Who are some of the famous women in STEM?
- Radia Perlman, Internet Pioneer
- Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace & Mathematician
- Rebecca Cole, MD
- Katherine Johnson, NASA Space Scientist
- Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer & Statistician
- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, Inventor & Computer Scientist
How can we encourage and retain more women in STEM?
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