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PICTURES: Inverness Girls do Science workshop throws spotlight on STEM career options in Highlands





Eleonor Ziedins from Kingussie and Becky Shaw, Nature Scotland Peatland Action. Picture: James Mackenzie.
Eleonor Ziedins from Kingussie and Becky Shaw, Nature Scotland Peatland Action. Picture: James Mackenzie.

Skills Development Scotland staged a Girls Do Science workshop to encourage more women into STEM careers.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) industries are ones which are typically male-dominated, and young girls are commonly steered away from. HESA data shows that only 31 per cent of core STEM student in UK Higher Education are women or non-binary.

Workshops like Girls Do Science aim to close the gender employment gap in STEM.

The event for girls in S1-S3 was held at the Skills Development Scotland offices in Inverness, bringing together girls from multiple schools across the Highlands, a number of them in Ross-shire.

Elizabeth McCarthy from Millburn, Mytilda Rattray from Charleston and Rose Wilson from Dingwall. Picture: James Mackenzie.
Elizabeth McCarthy from Millburn, Mytilda Rattray from Charleston and Rose Wilson from Dingwall. Picture: James Mackenzie.

The event saw the attendees getting hands-on in the interactive science-based workshops.

The day also saw inspirational talks from women working in STEM, including Becky Shaw of Nature Scotland Peatland Action.


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