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Read the ScienceGrrl report on STEM skill shortages and the lack of female representation in these fields:
“Through Both Eyes: the case for a Gender lens in STEM“.
News and views from and about women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea hold an annual two-week Celebration of Science, discussing everything from bird eggs to smart cities and high-performance sports. On their opening day sevenĀ ScienceGrrls descended – on a mission to āboss itā. In this guest post, Dr Jess Wade reports back on an eventful panel discussion: The celebrated Dr(…)
Congratulations to skin biology researcher, ScienceGrrlĀ member and ScienceGrrl Essex chapter lead Hephzi Tagoe, who was awarded with the New Researcher PrizeĀ by the Royal Society of Biology last week at an awards ceremony celebrating excellence inĀ science communication. The award was given for her commitment to science communication, in particular her Shaping Healthy Attitudes and Protecting the(…)
ScienceGrrl sponsored a prize at this year’s Conference for Astronomy and Physics Students in Glasgow, for the bestĀ presentation about workĀ towards improving inclusion and diversity in physics. The winner was Fraser Baird, who is working towards an MSc in Physics with Astrophysics, and also oversees Project FAB – an STFC-sponsored outreach initiative in primary schools. In(…)
Ahead of the UK referendum on membership of the European Union, scientists largely came out in support of voting to RemainĀ in the EU. But, on 23rd June, those voting Leave secured a narrow majority. In recent weeks, UK government ministers have affirmed that ‘Brexit means Brexit‘ and ‘Brexit means leaving the European Union‘ but there(…)
ScienceGrrl was formed out of a collective desire to showcase and celebrate women in Science and Engineering careers – and a collective frustration with the approaches some organisations were taking to advertise these careers to young women. We had a firmly held belief that appealing to girls was not about making science āpinkā but instead(…)
For the last 4 years, ScienceGrrl has been delighted to participate in Lancashire Science Festival at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) in Preston. The festival comprises talks, shows, and a packed show floor of exhibitors who showcase science to local school children over two days, and then to over 10,000 members of the public(…)