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Current discussions of LGBTQ+ resistance in education, particularly in Western contexts, often centre on visibility and coming out (Lee, 2020). Yet for many LGBTQ+ teachers in China, openly...
Continue reading blog postIn this ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog Special Issue, guest editors Martina Dickson and Saima Salehjee critically consider ‘girls into STEM’ (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) initiatives, debating...
In this ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog Special Issue, we critically consider ‘girls into STEM’ (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) initiatives, sharing our understanding of their purpose and...
Continue reading blog postIn many educational policy and practice systems, ‘girls into STEM’ initiatives are presented as something undisputedly good. For example, coding clubs, scholarships and girls-only camps that...
Continue reading blog post‘Can boys do engineering too?’ Professor Collingwood’s four-year-old daughter asked. For the child it was a serious experience-driven enquiry about how the world worked. For the parent, it...
Continue reading blog postIt has become a familiar sight; new initiatives with a promise of getting more girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), initiatives that involve inspiring female role...
Continue reading blog postWomen remain significantly underrepresented in UK engineering. At present, women make up only around 15.7–16.9 per cent of the engineering workforce, which could have major implications for the...
Continue reading blog postStudies have shown that girls face multiple inequalities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector that lower self-confidence, undermine recognition of their abilities,...
Continue reading blog postGirls and women in AI Women are sorely underrepresented in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, making up just 26 per cent of employees, while only 16 per cent of tenure-track academic...
Continue reading blog postHow do researchers make ethical decisions about sharing their work, and who gets to access the knowledge they produce? In this episode, we explore alternative approaches to publication and...
There are few phrases which have been so uncritically mobilised within recent educational discourse as that of ‘toxic masculinity’, a term now so widely employed in discussing boys’...
Continue reading blog postThis award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.
