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