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Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW

STEM junior scientific staff barometer Switzerland

SWISS ACADEMIES REPORTS, VOL. 9, NO 6, 2014 

The skills shortage that has already existed for quite some time suggests that not enough young people are interested in the STEM subjects (sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics) and therefore neither chose a profession or studies in these areas. The question arises: Where and how is the interest in engineering and natural sciences promoted - or not? Girls feel considerably less supported in engineering, for example, than boys. This emanates from the study «MINT-Nachwuchsbarometer Schweiz» of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz (2014) MINT-Nachwuchsbarometer Schweiz – Das Interesse von Kindern und Jugendlichen an naturwissen-schaftlich-technischer Bildung. Swiss Academies Reports 9 (6).

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