Originally Posted by
B Fraser
I would have thought that a pre-requisite for recommending that young people of either gender study STEM subjects would be to have done so yourself. Apparently not.
Perhaps I am qualified to encourage youngsters to pursue law or medicine as I know the square root of nothing about either subject.
This is a really interesting point.
TCT has apparently no higher qualifications in science, but claims to be encouraging girls into STEM.
Theresa May has been expressing the importance of girls studying STEM subjects recently. She has a degree in geography.
A bit of googling just showed the Welsh skills minister Julie James recently also announcing on the topic. She has a degree in law.
A bit more googling highlighted a Helen Woolaston, head of the WISE campaign - dedicated to balancing gender inequalities in the sciences. No sign that she ever studied any STEM subject at a higher level either.
There would appear to be a lot of it about.
G