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False Icons. Are we betraying our future female engineers?

Resource Type: 
etf
PID: 
etf:3303
Description: 

An ETF/sunCETT (2019 -20) MA Short Course research report and poster exploring 'positive' role modelliing in STEM subjects.

Taxonomy: 
Practitioner Research and Evidence Hub: 
Yes
Principal focus of the project: 

This paper critically considers the effect of female role imaging used to attract women to Engineering in college.

What is this about and what were the main findings: 

Female Engineering students, lecturers and Marketing staff took part in this triangulated assessment of the visual imaging used by the college to promote its STEM courses, and the messaging contained within it.

Number of learner participants: 
6-20
Number of staff participants: 
6-10
Number of organisation participants: 
2-5
Name(s) of authors: 

Mary Wiltshire, Activate Learning

Name of associate programmes: 

Practitioner Research Programme

PREP Starred: 
PREP Starred