We’re also working with education innovators to bring about T Levels, a new, technical alternative to A Levels. Other such programmes that the government is supporting includes, Improving Gender Balance in physics, and a Gender Balance in Computing Programme to identify practical interventions that schools can implement to improve girls’ participation in computing. The platform also helps to reduce teacher workload. In addition, much investment and support has been given to Isaac Physics, an online platform of GCSE and A level physics materials developed by the University of Cambridge to increase the numbers of students (particularly from typically underrepresented backgrounds) studying physics in higher education. We are also funding the Advanced Maths Premium, which aims to support schools and colleges in tackling some of the financial barriers to increase participation in post-16 maths. This includes a landmark £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing and drive up participation in computer science at GCSE and A level, particularly amongst girls. This is why we are committed to funding several different initiatives, crucial to improving women’s access into STEM. Though these changes are small, the ripple effects this will have across science and technology industries as well as the UK economy cannot be understated. These high-level skills can be accessed through apprenticeships, and we are committed to addressing the STEM gender imbalance by supporting more women into high-quality STEM apprenticeship opportunities. This issue seems particularly acute in manufacturing, construction, engineering, science and technology sectors. Yet, we know employer groups continue to point to an unmet demand for higher-level STEM skills. Overall numbers of students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are rising. Within the same period, the proportion of women entering full-time undergraduate courses taking STEM subjects increased from 33.6% to 41.4%. Between 20, the number of women accepted onto full-time STEM undergraduate courses increased by 50.1% in the UK. In higher education, the picture for women in STEM looks bright. There has also been an increase in the number of young women taking Mathematics and Further Mathematics, by around 2.8% and 3.9% respectively. In the UK, there has been a 31% increase in entries from women and girls to STEM A-levels between 20. Department for Education February 11, 2021īut change is coming. On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, physics teacher Charlotte Grace talks about why it is so important that more young women choose #STEM subjects ?♀? #WomenInScience #GirlsinScience /92o8dIqwXy
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