Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help

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Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help

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RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help

December 31, 2015 at 2:24 pm

My fiancé is a microbiologist. She's been interested in science her entire life. The labs she's worked in have been majority women (both at good institutions here in the UK).

There is a positive discrimination policy here called Athena Swan which initially was to encourage women into STEM subjects but is now more of an 'increasing participation' thing for people who are under represented. I think it's counter productive and ultimately fails to address why some demographics do not go into STEM. But now UK HE Institutions who do not adhere to Athena Swann suffer direct and indirect penalties to funding streams. Kind of defeats the point of it IMHO.

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Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 23, 2015 at 6:21 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by I_am_not_mafia - December 23, 2015 at 7:40 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 23, 2015 at 9:01 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Alex K - December 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 23, 2015 at 9:34 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 28, 2015 at 7:40 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 29, 2015 at 8:58 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 29, 2015 at 9:16 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 29, 2015 at 9:24 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 29, 2015 at 10:29 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 29, 2015 at 10:48 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 30, 2015 at 11:30 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 30, 2015 at 2:57 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 30, 2015 at 3:00 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 30, 2015 at 3:09 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 30, 2015 at 3:15 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 30, 2015 at 3:19 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Jenny A - December 29, 2015 at 9:22 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 29, 2015 at 10:25 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Alex K - December 23, 2015 at 11:45 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by robvalue - December 23, 2015 at 11:52 am

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by robvalue - December 23, 2015 at 12:11 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by thesummerqueen - December 23, 2015 at 5:48 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 23, 2015 at 10:53 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 28, 2015 at 7:02 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Excited Penguin - December 28, 2015 at 7:08 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Tiberius - December 28, 2015 at 7:19 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Jenny A - December 28, 2015 at 8:46 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Minimalist - December 30, 2015 at 1:35 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Minimalist - December 30, 2015 at 1:57 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Mermaid - December 30, 2015 at 3:23 pm

RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 31, 2015 at 2:24 pm

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