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SUMMARY:Effective policy to address the UK's STEM gap: education\, immigra
 tion and women in science - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20150608T163000Z
DTEND:20150608T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are 
 fields at the heart of innovation and the UK’s economy\, yet the recent 
 YouGov research shows that\, according to both businesses and academics\, 
 nearly 60% of employers of STEM graduates think there is a skills gap in B
 ritain. What policy interventions are needed to maintain the UK as a futur
 e STEM leader? At this event\, a panel of leaders will discuss the vast nu
 mber of areas of policy\, from education to immigration\, which affect the
  STEM job market and status of the UK from the perspective of academia\, i
 ndustry and government.\n\nConfirmed Speakers:\n* Prof Dame Athene Donald\
 , L'Oreal Unesco Laureat\, University Gender Equality Champion\, and Royal
  Society Council member and Education Committee Chair as well as Cambridge
  gender equality champion\n* Paul Jackson\, Chief Executive of Engineering
  UK\n* Sarah Kuijlaars\, Vice President of Finance and STEM ambassador\, R
 oyal Dutch Shell plc.\n* Niva Thiruchelvam - Head of Student and Short-ter
 m Migration Policy\, Home Office and Policy Fellow at the Centre for Scien
 ce and Policy.
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry (Pfizer lecture theatre)
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