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It's also National Science and Engineering Week from 11 to 20 March, with about 3, 500 events running all over the UK to celebrate and showcase science, engineering and technology and its importance in our lives.
Equality group The UKRC and WISE - the "leading organisation" for gender equality in science, engineering and technology - said it was not surprised by the findings.
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Manufacturing requires math, geometry, logic, basic science, engineering and technology skills coupled with a strong work ethic and willingness to get ones hands dirty.
She is also the President of the board of Expanding Your Horizons, a non-profit that encourages young women to pursue careers in math, science, engineering and technology.
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Science, engineering and technology (SET) drives sustainable social and economic Development and is vital in addressing basic human needs including poverty reduction, emergency and disaster prevention, response and reconstruction, bridging the knowledge divide and promoting intercultural cooperation.
The stress should be on vocational training, postsecondary education and every program that will broaden access to computer science and strengthen science, technology, engineering and math in high schools and at the university level.
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In science and engineering fields, this means celebrating those who keep our next generation of innovators engaged and excited about science, technology, engineering, and math while helping them acquire the skills needed for the jobs of the future.
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There's a debate on a report by the Lords Communications Committee on broadband, and on a Science and Technology Committee report on Higher Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
And the only way to do that is to make the key investments in our infrastructure, in innovation, in the industries and the technologies that will drive job creation in the future in America, and in education so that we have the kind of educated workforce in science and technology and engineering and other areas that we need in order to win the future.
The event therefore takes a very real and up-front approach to increasing the visibility of women in science, and raising awareness of the current gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research.
And over the next 10 years, with so many Baby Boomers retiring from our classrooms, we want to prepare 100, 000 new teachers in the fields of science, and technology, and engineering, and math.
Creating companies and growing industries that generate jobs, demands exponentially more entrepreneurs and workers who have STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, high-level training and the corresponding skills to perform in a technology-driven world.
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"There are many occasions in which anonymity is a perfectly acceptable and, in fact, morally responsible form of behavior, and the protection of anonymity is a moral requirement, " said Rachelle Hollander, director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology Program, which funded the project.
Forty years ago, women with no apparent power, either transactional or economic, moved tens of thousands of women into business and the professions, into the skilled trades, into science, engineering, and, technology, onto police forces and into fire houses.
"We have a common goal, to inspire young people, to show them the wonder and excitement that science, technology, engineering and maths can bring and to encourage them to study and pursue these subjects to higher levels and in their careers, " he said.
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The Director-General underlined the importance of a better interface between science and policy, and to engineering as one of the pillars of science, innovation and technology.
When pressed, Jarrett and Blank both pointed to initiatives by the Obama administration the program supported by PowerWomen and Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to encourage girls to pursue educations in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) careers as signs of commitment to improving educational and employment for women.
First, many foreign graduate students come to the U.S. and study areas like science, technology, engineering and mathematics STEM fields at our universities.
Sina Bahram is being honored as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
John Boyer is being honored as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
Rafael San Miguel is being honored as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
Nasrin Taei is being recognized as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
Maria Dolores Cimini is being honored as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
Joesph Sullivan is being recognized as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
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Rafael San Miguel is being recognized as a Champion of Change for leading education and employment efforts in science, technology, engineering and math for Americans with disabilities.
"The UrtheCast camera will support the ISS and continue to inspire youth to pursue advanced studies in space sciences and spark interest in science, technology, engineering and the environment, " says Dr.Williams.
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States should provide additional resources to train and employ teachers of science, technology, engineering and math, as well as increase access to the latest hardware and software for elementary and high-school students.
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Conversely, health care, business, and the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) have been more stable and higher paying for recent college graduates.
Health care, business and the STEM majors (science, technology, engineering and math) are more stable and higher paying for recent college graduates, whereas graduates of the arts, humanities and social sciences face higher unemployment rates and earn lower salaries.
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