Teamwork, Training and Technology Network: Policy Recommendations

Teamwork, Training and Technology Network: Policy Recommendations

Source / author: 
Teamwork, Training and Technology Network
Country: 
International
Publication date: 
1 January 2016
Publication type: 
Reports and studies

The importance of science and technology is widely recognized for economic prosperity, social advancement and sustainable development. In this respect, science education has been a major priority to ensure that sufficient numbers of students go on to pursue careers in science, technology and engineering (STEM) (EC, 2015). However, despite all the efforts to popularize science over the last decades, school systems fail to attract enough students. Only 15 per cent aspire to follow science-related careers, while the profile of those who do go on to study STEM subjects and pursue STEM careers is too narrow: women, working-class and some minority ethnic groups remain under-represented (Archer et al, 2015).

 

The publication and policy recommendations were prepared in the context of the international project 'Teamwork, Training and Technology Network (TTTNet), with partners from Italy, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain and Norway.