dc.contributor.author | MCCABE, EITHNE | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-02T15:12:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-02T15:12:18Z | |
dc.date.created | 5-8 August 2015 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2015 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | 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, 060025 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/79193 | |
dc.description.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 | en |
dc.format.extent | 060025 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | AIP | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 1697 | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.title | The environment for women in physics in Ireland | en |
dc.title.alternative | AIP Conf. Proc. | en |
dc.title.alternative | American Institute of Physics Conference Series: WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 5TH IUPAP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN PHYSICS | en |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/emccabe | en |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 113317 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4937672 | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Inclusive Society | en |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Nanoscience & Materials | en |