...Ana Freire; Erola Palau-Pinyana; Fàtima Vidal-Ayuso Purpose The digital transformation of the labour market has increased demand for specialized technical skills, yet women remain underrepresented in STEM fields. This gender imbalance risks perpetuating social and economic inequality. To address...

... and that it improved their confidence levels, career knowledge and overall networking abilities. Originality/value WiSTEM²D is one of several initiatives globally that are attempting to empower and encourage women to be active in STEM. Marie Travers can be contacted at: marie.travers@lero.ie...

...Pallavi Banerjee; Luke Graham Purpose The skillsets of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates are widely recognised to be important for economic prosperity. At the same time, it is broadly accepted that in England there is a need to increase the number of people studying...

...Dawn Bennett; Sherry Bawa; Subramaniam Ananthram; Tim Pitman Purpose The study sought to determine whether there are gender differences in self-perceived employability of students enrolled in Australian higher education science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Design...

... areas of study are science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Design/methodology/approach The theoretical research methods comprise the review of secondary sources to build a sound theoretical framework for the research activities. The empirical research method is a survey in Latvia...

...Victoria Harte; Jim Stewart; Carys A. Watts; Katie Wray Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of using several commercial tools in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects for enterprise education at Newcastle University, UK. Design/methodology...