Is there a shortage of scientists? A re-analysis of supply for the UK
This article provides a summary of a series of recent research projects looking at the educational trajectories of prospective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals in the UK (sometimes the figures are for England). It is based on existing evidence for hundreds of thousands of individuals each year, which allows an examination of patterns of participation in STEM education in a series of snapshots across the educational life course – from compulsory schooling through to when STEM graduates first enter the workforce.
The findings are presented in life order, beginning with education up to the age of 16, post-compulsory secondary education, higher education participation, and finally the first career destinations of STEM graduates. The article looks at some of the official concerns about the supply of STEM graduates, describes some of the measures taken to increase supply, and presents a brief overview of the data and methods used in this paper. It ends by considering the implications for the supply of STEM professionals in the UK and suggesting some further areas for investigation.
This article appears in the British Journal of Educational Studies (59:2, 159-177) and has been reproduced by kind permission of the Society for Educational Studies, October 2011.
Author(s): Emma Smith and Stephen Gorard, University of Birmingham
Other Publishers: Routledge/Taylor & Francis (on behalf of the Society for Educational Studies)
Production date: 2011
Communities: ICT, Employability , Research
Audiences: Careers practitioners
Format: Web
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