Are you part of the #1ofTheMillion?
WISE, the Campaign for gender balance in science, technology & engineering is celebrating that for the first time ever there are now more than 1 million women working in core STEM roles across the UK. The campaign organisation is asking everyone to celebrate this significant milestone and inspire...
8 Reasons Why More Women Should Consider Working in Skilled Trades
Manual trade jobs have been around for years and years, however, some of the best-known trades in the UK are suffering from staff shortage. Part of the reason for this is the lack of women going into this field, with women currently representing only 6% of skilled trade...
Mattel’s latest Barbie builds robots & teaches kids to code
Mattel's latest Barbie has just gone on sale. The 'Barbie Career of the Year Robotics Engineer Doll' shows how the company is getting serious about science. The first Barbie went on sale 59 years and has tried out over 200 careers. In 2018 the latest version is kitted...
Doodles of scientists reveal changing gender stereotypes
An experiment which asks children to draw a researcher has revealed how gender stereotypes are slowly changing over time. The study, from researchers at Northwestern University and published in the Child Development, looked at how children's gender‐science stereotypes have changed over the last five decades by analyzing the...
International Women’s Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias
This year International Women's Day is all about challenging stereotypes and bias with #PressforProgress. Watch Our Born to Engineer Film Pushing Boundaries - Women in Engineering - Follow Dawn Bonfield on her journey looking at some incredible and inspiring stories of female engineers - could the next...
Natural History Museum shares the inspiring stories of women in science and research
The Natural History Museum is home to more than 300 scientists who spend their days inside collections, storeroom and labs at the Museum. For me science is all about problem solving, which is why it’s so important to have people from a diverse range of back grounds working...