Starting out in STEM : a study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses Lyons, Terry, Quinn, Frances, Rizk, Nadya, Anderson, Neil, Hubber, Peter, Kenny, John, Sparrow, Len, West, Jan and Wilson, Sue 2012, Starting out in STEM : a study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hubber-startingout-2012.pdf published version application/pdf 3.79MB 176 Title Starting out in STEM : a study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses Alternative title Starting out in STEM : a study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses : A report from the IRIS project prepared for Australia’s Chief Scientist Author(s) Lyons, Terry Quinn, Frances Rizk, Nadya Anderson, Neil Hubber, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-9562 Kenny, John Sparrow, Len West, Jan Wilson, Sue Publication date 2012 Total pages xviii, 99 p. Publisher University of New England Place of publication Armidale, N.S.W. Keyword(s) STEM science technology engineering mathematics Australia Summary In late 2011, first year university students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses across Australia were invited to participate in the international Interests and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) study. IRIS investigates the influences on young people's decisions to choose university STEM courses and their subsequent experiences of these courses. The study also has a particular focus on the motivations and experiences of young women in courses such as physics, IT and engineering given the low rates of female participation in these fields. Around 3500 students from 30 Australian universities contributed their views on the relative importance of various school and non-school influences on their decisions, as well as insights into their experiences of university STEM courses so far. It is hoped that their contributions will help improve recruitment, retention and gender equity in STEM higher education and careers. ISBN 9781921597428 Language eng Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified 130309 Learning Sciences Socio Economic Objective 930299 Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category A6 Research report/technical paper HERDC collection year 2012 Copyright notice ©2012, University of New England , SiMER National Research Centre Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050914 Document type: Report Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 01 Mar 2013, 17:18:14 EST Fri, 01 Mar 2013, 17:28:50 EST Mon, 04 Mar 2013, 07:49:51 EST Wed, 20 Mar 2013, 11:16:42 EST Thu, 21 Mar 2013, 07:38:20 EST Thu, 04 Apr 2013, 13:16:49 EST Thu, 04 Apr 2013, 13:18:08 EST Mon, 12 May 2014, 12:30:51 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 20:37:11 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:39:11 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:24:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 482 Abstract Views, 176 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 01 Mar 2013, 17:17:53 EST by Peter Hubber