and many not based on solid evidence, Harvey-Smith said.
The number of women enrolling in STEM courses has increased 24 per cent since 2015. But the gender pay gap isthan the workforce average – so when these women get jobs they soon find themselves earning less than their male peers, said Dr Sherry Bawa, a Curtin University researcher who studies the problem.
Dr Vicki Huang, the Deakin University researcher who led the study, said: “If you’re an inventor, having a patent means you get more access to capital, you get promoted. It has this compound effect on your career.”
Women dominate in biological sciences rather than physical sciences. Perhaps their should an affirmative action program to get men into the biological sciences? choices
Who could have foreseen this would be a bad investment? Besides me and everyone I know.
Maybe women just aren’t as good as men at science