Women in Financial Services: The Case for Gender Diversity
Over the years, the number of women in financial services in the UK has steadily grown, with Catalyst reporting that women made up 43% of the workforce in 2019. However,
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Why Role Models are so Important for Black Women in STEM
New research has shown that black women are more likely to feel like they belong in STEM if they have access to black female role models. BAME Women, and especially
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 with Some Amazing Initiatives from our Partnered Employers
Happy International Women’s Day! We wanted to celebrate by giving our community a run down of some of the exciting things our partnered employers have organised both externally and internally.
WIN one of FIVE free copies of Behind the Enigma in our Bloomsbury book giveaway!
STEM Women have partnered with Bloomsbury books to offer you a chance to win a free copy of their latest publication, Behind the Enigma. The book tells the fascinating history
UK Gaming Industry Looking to Level Up in Gender Diversity
The UK gaming industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country and in 2018 was worth a record £5.7bn, up 10 per cent from 2017, according to
Gender Pay Gap Report Reveals Women Underrepresented at High Level Engineering Jobs in the UK
Research conducted by the Royal Academy of Engineering and WISE has found that just ‘12 per cent of engineers in the UK are women and they earn around 11 per cent less than their
The Gender Gap in Computer Science and Gaming
Recent UCAS data from HESA 2017/2018 has revealed that women make up just 13% of students studying computer science, gaming and related courses in the UK. When you compare that
Are AI systems like Alexa, SIRI and Cortana sexist?
AI systems and virtual assistants are no longer a thing of the future, they are a thing of right now. We use virtual assistants for almost everything. They can help
Why are Female Students Now Outnumbering Males in A-level Science?
Recent efforts to encourage girls to study sciences at A-level have finally come to fruition with female students now outnumbering males for the first time ever. Following A-level results day,
Wates set to increase female representation in their workforce to 40% by 2025
Construction, development and property company Wates has recently released exciting plans to boost their gender diversity by increasing female representation in their workforce to 40% by 2025. Part of a
The Gendered Brain: New Neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain
The Gendered Brain is an agenda-setting book that demolishes the myth of the male or female brain and has been chosen as ‘one to watch 2019’ by Observer and The