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Moving along the STEM Pipeline? The Long-Term Employment Patterns of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Graduates in the United Kingdom
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Smith, Emma; White, Patrick – Research Papers in Education, 2022
Concerns over the supply of highly-skilled (HS) science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) workers are well established and have been a feature of policy discourse in the UK for more than 50 years. Since the 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union, these concerns have been exacerbated by uncertainty about the movement of labour…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Graduates, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
A "Great Way to Get On"? The Early Career Destinations of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Graduates
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Smith, Emma; White, Patrick – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Concerns about a shortage of highly skilled workers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector have been expressed frequently since the late 1940s. Although these claims have been challenged as being insufficiently grounded in evidence, they have formed the basis of policies directing considerable resources to STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Graduates, Careers, Unemployment
(Mis)Understanding Underachievement: A Response to Connolly
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Gorard, Stephen; Smith, Emma – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2008
In "British Journal of Sociology of Education" Volume 29 number 3, 2008, Connolly presented what he termed a "critical review" of some of our previous work on the relative attainment of male and female students in UK schools. He proposed three general areas for criticism--our use of attainment gaps, our consideration of…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Underachievement, Academic Achievement, Criticism