Universities must move beyond simplistic targets to get more women in STEM subjects if they are to properly tackle gender inequality, experts have claimed, as a new Times Higher Education report highlights data on the topic.
Figures collected from more than 2,000 universities globally for the THE World University Rankings 2022 show that not all STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects suffer from female under-representation at the student level. In life sciences, 57 per cent of students are female, while physical sciences is moving closer to parity, with 45 per cent female students.
These figures are in stark contrast to the shares of women in computer science and engineering – 26 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively.
