Unlimited Potential
Every part of society has role to play in removing the limitations of gender stereotypes on our children’s potential. Education practitioners, parents, and companies all need to pull together, and this report sets out positive steps that can support this to happen.
Inquiry into Equity in the STEM Workforce
This report seeks to outline the evidence on where equity and inequity exists in the science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) workforce. While there have been many reports and inquiries into equity and equality in the wider workforce, or around specific characteristics such as ethnicity, gender and disability in the STEM workforce, there have previously not been the resources available for an intersectional, sector-wide study.
Review of Literature to Identify a Set of Effective Interventions for Addressing Gender Balance in STEM
The aim of this systematic literature review is to identify effective interventions that address key barriers and build critical assets and skills that females need to learn, apply, and thrive in the STEM subject areas.
Women in STEM – Role Models
Women in STEM - Role Models In 2017 MATRIX commissioned a study on Women in STEM. We spoke to girls studying for their GCSEs and A-levels and they told us that their career guidance often didn’t explain the opportunities [...]
Making a Difference – why women in STEM become innovators
This report shows that nine out of 10 women have experienced barriers to their STEM-career, with over a quarter (26%) experiencing more barriers than enablers.
Gender Diversity in AI Research
This report studies the evolution of gender diversity in various disciplines, countries and institutions, finding that while the share of female co-authors in AI papers is increasing, it has stagnated in disciplines related to computer science. It also finds that geography plays an important role in determining the share of female authors in AI papers and that there is a severe gender gap in the top research institutions.
Why Don’t More Young Women Study Computing?
It is the contention of this research paper that the total entry numbers of females into computing-related subjects in NI at GCSE and A Level is much lower than that of males and, importantly, that the primary causes of this differential stem from cultural stereotyping.
The 2018 Women in Stem Report
This report argues that by 2030, 33% of young people moving into STEM careers in NI should be girls and that government must aim to establish Northern Ireland as an exemplar STEM region.