This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview of implementations in different regions of the world and provide numerous examples that can be transferred to other higher education institutions.
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Women in STEM in Higher Education
Good Practices of Attraction, Access and Retainment in Higher Education
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Women in STEM in Higher Education
Good Practices of Attraction, Access and Retainment in Higher Education
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. A Model for Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM in Higher Education Institutions
- 2. A Review of Irish National Strategy for Gender Equality in Higher Education 2010–2021
- 3. Making and Taking Leadership in the Promotion of Gender Desegregation in STEM
- 4. Reflections on Selected Gender Equality in STEM Initiatives in an Irish University
- 5. Balance4Better: “We Are HERe” More Than a Gender Campaign
- 6. Promoting the Participation of Women in STEM: A Methodological View
- 7. Women Retention in STEM Higher Education: Systematic Mapping of Gender Issues
- 8. Mentoring Female Students in Engineering as a Way of Caring
- 9. Gender Perspective in STEM Disciplines in Spain Universities
- 10. Examples of Good Practices in Erasmus+ Projects that Integrate Gender and STEM in Higher Education
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