By William Collins [aka MRA-UK]: Women are now the majority of undergraduate students studying STEMM subjects at universities or colleges in the UK. Well, it had to happen.
STEMM means science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. Traditionally this area was dominated by men. Not any more.Those whose business it is to track equality issues know this full well. For example, the Bristol University annual report on Diversity and Equality, 2013/14, whilst concentrating mostly on issues pertinent to that university, contains the statement,
Across the sector as a whole, a slightly higher proportion of female students were studying STEMM subjects (51%)On 5th January 2016, the university admissions service, UCAS, published data on the numbers of men and women accepted into UK university or college undergraduate courses in 2015. The data was broken down by subject as well as by sex, and consistent data were provided for each year from 2007. The pdf file is UCAS: DR3_019_01 Acceptances by Detailed subject group and sex (All). These data can be used to deduce the percentage of excess women over men across the STEMM subject areas. The result is shown in Figure 1 below.