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Examine government and UKRI efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion in STEM.
Recommendation
Should our successor Committee wish to consider levels of diversity and inclusion in STEM, we recommend it considers: • Examining whether the trends in STEM education, particularly in subject uptake and attainment, as well as the delivery of STEM curriculum content, have changed since the Committee’s inquiry, and the potential reasons for this; • The role that neurodiverse people play in the STEM ecosystem, whether they are over-represented compared to other sectors, the reasons for this and the benefits that their participation can deliver; or • Scrutinising the implementation of UKRI’s first equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, its impact on the wider research sector, and to what extent findings from the Research and Innovation workforce survey have been made meaningfully useful across different departments, non-departmental bodies and the wider STEM sector.
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Source
Report
Fourth Report - Legacy – Parliament 2019–24
29 May 2024
HC 826
Addressee Bodies
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.0 yrs
Report published
29 May 2024