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#MakeWhatsNext – Encouraging Women To Study in #STEM

Today is International Women’s Day and Microsoft has released a video to encourage girls to study in STEM subjects. These are Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Per the video above, only 6.7% of women graduate with STEM degrees.

To explore more, along with amazing career options in STEM, check out this link.

In 2016, the video for the same celebration highlighted the challenge students had in naming female inventors, before showcasing some of the incredible inventions women have been responsible for – this really resonates:

3 responses to “#MakeWhatsNext – Encouraging Women To Study in #STEM”

  1. […] STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) as their most enjoyable subjects. In 2016 for International Women’s Day Microsoft released their annual video and asked if girls could name female […]

  2. […] of supporting girls in STEM with contextualized learning, hopefully keeping them thinking about further study and careers in STEM which is very necessary to redress the gender imbalance in this […]

  3. […] previous years, Microsoft has called out the need to change the current trend that sees only 6.7% of women graduate with STEM degrees (based off data from the […]

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