The environment for women in physics in Ireland
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Eilish McLoughlin, Sandra Fee and Eithne McCabe, The environment for women in physics in Ireland, AIP Conf. Proc., American Institute of Physics Conference Series: WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 5TH IUPAP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN PHYSICS, Canada, 5-8 August 2015, 1697, AIP, 2015, 060025Download Item:
Abstract:
P
hysics is contributing strongly to the national Irish economy
,
with 4.5% of the Irish workforce employed in
physics
-
based
or other science, technology, engineering,
and math (
STEM
)
sectors. However, a recent national report
reveals that the proportion of women working in jobs that utilize STEM skills is less than 25
%
of the workforce.
We
present d
ata collected from the views of 1,000 female secondary school students,
young women (age 18
–
23), secondary
-
school teachers and parents on what influences secondary school students’ choices of subjects and in particular STEM
-
related subjects
.
In addition, b
enchmarking data
on female student and staff ratios for the past five years is presented
from all
seven Irish
u
niversity
p
hysics
d
epartments
Author's Homepage:
http://people.tcd.ie/emccabe
Author: MCCABE, EITHNE
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AIP Conf. Proc.American Institute of Physics Conference Series: WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 5TH IUPAP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN PHYSICS
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Inclusive Society , Nanoscience & MaterialsDOI:
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