{"id":5098,"date":"2016-05-16T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2016-08-30T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T16:28:12","slug":"stem-in-scotland-what-do-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/05\/16\/stem-in-scotland-what-do-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM in Scotland &#8211; what do you think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/Equate-Scotland-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5103 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/07\/Equate-Scotland-logo-300x36.jpg\" alt=\"Equate Scotland logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"36\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/36;\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>This year, Equate Scotland is celebrating 10 years of increasing the number of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment.\u00a0 Significant progress has been made and\u00a0issue is a national priority, but there is still a long way to go make equality in STEM a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Marine Scotland Science is a huge supporter of STEM through its numerous outreach activities and also with its work\u00a0with the Nuffield\u00a0Foundation and Glasgow School of Art.\u00a0Interestingly we\u00a0have, in the most recent years, been\u00a0working with\u00a0more and more young ladies &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/education\/fe\/DeborahMcGill\">Deborah McGill<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/education\/fe\/CoraMoffat\">Cora Moffat<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/education\/fe\/KatieForbes\">Katie Forbes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/education\/fe\/MairiBell\">Mairi Bell<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2015\/01\/21\/erins-aiming-for-success-in-birmingham\/\">Erin Warner<\/a>\u00a0and, most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/05\/10\/the-skyes-the-limit\/\">Skye Arnott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But this is where you come in &#8211; what do you think\u00a0the next 10 years of STEM in Scotland should look like? Equate Scotland want to hear from girls, women, educators, policy makers and employers.<\/p>\n<p>Please help\u00a0by filling in this short survey to share what you think should happen across schools, colleges, universities and within the industry to increase the number of women in STEM. Share\u00a0your big idea and your vision for the future of STEM in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>All your responses will help shape Equate Scotland&#8217;s anniversary publication later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equatescotland.org.uk\/news\/be-part-our-10-year-vision-stem-scotland\">Fill in the survey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/education\">Marine Scotland Education Zone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, Equate Scotland is celebrating 10 years of increasing the number of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment.\u00a0 Significant progress has been made and\u00a0issue is a national priority, but there is still a long way to go make equality in STEM a reality. 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