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Women in STEM 2021
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How we can encourage more graduates to consider STEM careers
How – and why – a global energy management and automation specialist is taking practical steps to increase its intake of women STEM graduates. After her engineering degree, Silvia Martini was looking for the next steps in her career. “I was looking for a company that would give me the chance to do some good...
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Supporting women in their STEM careers
We must encourage women at all stages of their STEM career to come together and build their network. To celebrate our 30th anniversary, WITS organised an ambitious eight week programme featuring female leaders from all aspects of STEM careers. Showcasing the incredible women in senior roles, the series gave our members the opportunity to learn...
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Let’s talk about senior women in tech
We should be focussing on the fact it’s a great time to be a senior woman in technology in Ireland. Typically, with STEM, we tend to focus on early-stage pipeline and the genuine need for more diverse talent to grow the tech sector. However, we can forget to point to great opportunities that move beyond recruitment and retention and focus the narrative on more senior progression. As an organisation, our focus is on gender balance at the...
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A powerful reason to work in energy
The changing face of the energy industry affects everyone. These two women are playing an active role in this transformation. Ireland’s energy sector is going through a period of unprecedented change and EirGrid, the company that runs the national electricity grid, is at its forefront. Through its strategy, “transforming the power system for future generations,”...
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Supporting STEM students to transition into tech careers
A diverse workforce is the key to unlocking innovation and inclusion in the industry. We’re encouraging STEM students to consider tech as an attractive career choice. The continuous growth of STEM industry jobs means an increasing demand for experts. Although Ireland has the second highest percentage of STEM graduates per 1,000 students in the EU, the percentage...
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I’m not a ‘woman in science’, I’m a scientist
I never really thought about having a “career in STEM” – I just followed what I enjoyed doing. I always liked asking questions and trying to figure things out. Science has allowed me to do that. My parents always said: “the world is your oyster” I took that to heart and never thought about barriers. I just did what I do:...
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From the classroom to the boardroom: Building alliances in STEM
How can we make better use of our resources and ensure that our inputs into STEM and gender progress activities lead to better outcomes? We are very fortunate in Ireland to have two things in abundance – companies that are genuinely committed to initiatives that increase the pipeline for diverse talent in STEM careers; and groups of volunteers that willingly give their time to make this happen. How do...
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How schools are helping inspire the future for girls in STEM
An annual campaign is helping to promote engineering and the importance of the profession to children in Ireland. It enables all secondary schools to inspire the next generation of engineers and excites students about the possibilities a career in engineering can offer. OECD figures indicate that in Ireland just 14% of bachelor’s graduates from engineering-related programmes are women. Since...
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Teachers are a crucial role model for getting girls into STEM
STEM-related industry sectors continue to offer a significant portion of job opportunities in Ireland. However, according to the most recent CSO Figures, of the 117,800 people working in roles that require STEM skills, just 25% of these roles are performed by women. We need to ask why women are still underrepresented in STEM-related roles, when research has shown...
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STEM brings people together at the frontier of sustainability and innovation
Researchers and educators from different backgrounds are coming together to tackle the big problems of this century. Women across STEM are working to understand and shape the world around us, with the aim of creating a better and more sustainable future. Two researchers in the College of Science and Engineering at NUI Galway are working...