Diversity in STEM

By Lesley Yellowlees2013-03-01T00:00:00

Lesley Yellowlees suggests how we can fix the leaky pipeline and prevent female STEM graduates' skills draining from the economy

I was delighted to be invited to write an Endpoint article for Education in Chemistry. As one of the issues I have decided to concentrate on during my term as president of the Royal Society of Chemistry is diversity, I want to use this opportunity to highlight the lack of women in senior positions within science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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