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Funding date:
2018
Related areas:
Engineering
Mathematics
Science
Technology
Target groups:
Students
Diversities:
Gender gap
Description:

Improving strategies and mechanisms of attraction, access and guidance of Women in Latin-American STEM Higher Education programs.
For achieving this main objective, W-STEM project, will measure the gender equality in enrolment and retention rates in STEM programs, implement Universities’ policies, strategies and organizational mechanisms for improving attraction, access and guidance at undergraduate levels in STEM programs, promote STEM studies vocation and choice in girls and young women in secondary schools as well as guidance in the first year of the STEM program, develop an online training package for Higher Education Institutions to implement effective strategies to enhance attraction, access and guidance of Women in STEM programs.

Countries where it operates:
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland, Ireland , Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom.
Funding institutions:

Erasmus+ - Capacity Building in higher education.

Corporate partners:

UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA, OULUN YLIOPISTO, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE COSTA RICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA, FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE BOLIVAR, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DEL NORTE, INSTITIUID TEICNEOLAIOCHTA BHAILE ATHA CLIATH, NORTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE

Keywords:
european project, gender equality, good practices, guindance, higher education, secondary school, software, steam.