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According to PISA 2015 results, 4.8% of boys and 0.4% of girls expect an ICT career. [40]Studies suggest that many factors contribute to the attitudes towards the achievement of young men in mathematics and science, including encouragement from parents, interactions with mathematics and science teachers, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences, high school achievement in ...
In the UK, women occupied over half the places in science-related higher education courses (science, medicine, maths, computer science and engineering) in 2004–5. [138] However, gender differences varied from subject to subject: women substantially outnumbered men in biology and medicine , especially nursing, while men predominated in maths ...
This is a timeline of women in science, spanning from ancient history up to the 21st century. While the timeline primarily focuses on women involved with natural sciences such as astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, it also includes women from the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology) and the formal sciences (e.g. mathematics ...
In 2018, Dee was added to the Computer Weekly 'Most Influential Women in UK IT' Hall of Fame alongside Chi Onwurah, Sarah Wood and Sherry Coutu. [20] Hannah Dee started in 2008, the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium which is the UK's main conference for female undergraduates, and was the Chair 10 years, then having the role of Deputy Chair [ 21 ] of ...
Ismahane Elouafi (Arabic: أسمهان الوافي) is the Executive Managing Director of CGIAR.Formerly Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), she is ranked among the 20 most influential women in science in the Islamic world and is internationally known for her work on promoting neglected and underutilized crops, use of non-fresh water in ...
Under her leadership, Michigan Science Center serves 300,000 children. [12] They launched the STEMinista Project in 2016, which looks to excite middle school girls about science. [13] [14] [12] The program has a database of local women working in STEM who act as mentors and role models to girls. [15]
Natasha Sayce-Zelem (née Natasha Zelem) is the Global Head of Partner Engineering at Amazon Prime Video.She is a founder of 'Empowering Women with Tech', a social enterprise showcasing female role models working in digital media, science, and technology with the goal of getting more women to consider a career in STEM in England.
Angela K. Wilson is an American scientist and former (2022) President of the American Chemical Society. [1] She currently serves as the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Natural Sciences, [2] and director of the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering (MSU-Q) [3] at Michigan State University.