Hi Tina
Actually, for 2011, 0%
think science or engineering are dirty
or boring so we’ve won on that point! Sadly
50% do still think they are too
hard and 60% that they don’t have enough
female role models.
I guess we’ve all still
got jobs for a few years to
come!
Nicola
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Nicola,
Shocking news!
With all of the work being done in schools
by IoP, RAE, STEMNET, Futuremorph
and the list goes on and on, it is hard to
believe that girls still have the
perception that science / engineering is too
hard, dirty or boring!
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If
you haven’t seen Girlguiding UK’s
latest Girls Attitudes
Survey yet I recommend taking a look at the
Education and Careers report: http://girlsattitudes.girlguiding.org.uk/data_and_report.aspx
. This is the third year of the survey which
explores the opinions of 7-21 year
old girls, not just those participating in
Guiding.
Highlights include:
More than half of
girls say that hairdressing is what
girls are interested in (57 per cent),while
they veer away from engineering
because of a lack of interest (51 per cent)
and of female role models (60 per
cent). There is also a perception that not
many girls or women do this kind of
job (47 per cent), and that they don’t know
enough about it (43 per
cent).
53 per cent think
science/engineering is too hard or
complicated, 35 per cent say it would be
difficult to get a job of this kind,
and 22 per cent would be put off by the
working environment.
There was a lot of
talk of STEM at their event I
attended last night but given concerns about
gender issues surprisingly little
representation from our community. All three
years of the survey can be found
on their website: http://girlsattitudes.girlguiding.org.uk/home.aspx
Best
wishes
Nicola
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