Our latest blog is a guest post from Professor Lesley Yellowlees, the Chair of the Tapping All Our Talents Review 2018: Women in STEM Review Group. In 2012, the Royal Society of Edinburgh published Tapping All Our Talents, highlighting the stark finding that only 27% of women STEM graduates were going on to STEM careers….
Tag: Equality and diversity
Response to Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for evidence on Gender Representation on Public Boards Bill
Universities Scotland has responded to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for evidence on the Gender Representation on Public Boards Bill. Scotland’s 19 higher education institutions are within the scope of this Bill. You can read our response to the call for evidence here.
Universities and disability: 2017-18 draft budget scrutiny
Universities Scotland have submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee as part of their pre-budget 2017/18 scrutiny. The Committee was keen to hear about the experiences of disabled and British Sign Language users in Scotland about their experience of applying to university. Universities Scotland felt it would be useful for the…
Members’ Business on Supporting Women-led Business in Global Entrepreneurship Week
As part of a Members’ Debate on Supporting Women-led Business in Global Entrepreneurship Week, Universities Scotland submitted a briefing detailing what Scottish Higher Education Institutes are doing to help support women-led business. The briefing contains information on research undertaken by Scottish researchers, how Making It Happen is making it happen and how Interface is assisting…