Updated Workforce Statistics – September 2022
The latest government workforce data, as of end of September 2022 are as follows: Women make up 26.9% of the Core-STEM workforce, no change on the previous quarter but up […]
GPG worse for women who are older, English or better paid
WISE has found concerning Gender Pay Gap (GPG) differentials between women over 40 and their younger colleagues; women in England compared with workers in Scotland and Northern Ireland; and higher […]
Updated Workforce Statistics – June 2022
The latest government workforce data, as of end of June 2022, continues to show a positive increase in the percentage of women making up the Core-STEM workforce. This percentage has […]
Analysis of 2022 GCSE Core STEM Entrants
This year was notable since it was the year that GCSE students sat exams under normal conditions following the pandemic. As such we will compare their results with the 2019 […]
Analysis of 2022 A-Level Results
2022 A-Level students were the first since before the COVID-19 pandemic to sit their exams in a hall. This has probably contributed the drop in the number of girls achieving […]
Updated Workforce Statistics to Dec 2021
The latest government workforce data as of end of Dec 2021 shows a positive increase in the percentage of women making up the Core-STEM workforce at 26.6% of the total, […]
Analysis Of 2021 GCSE Core STEM Entrants
Record STEM GCSE grades for girls although numbers opting for non-core STEM subjects fell considerably. Girls achieved record top grades in STEM GCSEs with 55% of girls achieving A*-A *(grades […]
Analysis Of 2021 A-Level Core STEM Entrants
Gap between girls and boys awarded A* in Core-STEM subjects widens Girls continued to outperform in Core STEM A-levels this year with 52.2% awarded A or A* across all subjects […]
Annual Core-STEM Stats Round Up: 2019-20
There are two lessons which can be drawn from what’s happened in the last year in core-STEM, based on statistics for education, the workforce and boardrooms. Firstly, incremental progress, although […]
Analysis Of 2020 A-Level Core STEM Entrants – Number Of Core STEM* A-Levels Completed By Girls Rises Again
Each of the Core STEM* subjects are showing progress in the right direction with increasing proportions of females taking each of the subjects. An extra 632 Core STEM* A-Levels have […]