Progression at age 16 of young people from underrepresented backgrounds towards careers in STEM

Table of Contents

• Louis Hodge and Lorna Stevenson EPI 1
• Jenny Griffiths and Baz Ramaiah CfEY 1
• About the Education Policy Institute EPI 2
• About the Centre for Education and Youth CfEY 2
• About Mission 44 2
• About the authors 2
• Contents 4
• Executive summary 6
• Summary of key findings 7
• Recommendations 9
• Introduction 10
• Lorna Stevenson and Louis Hodge 12
• Education Policy Institute 12
• Strand 1 12
• Introduction 13
• Key takeaways 13
• Defining STEM progression in post-16 education 14
• Progression to post-16 STEM The Three Ps model 15
• Post-16 STEM progression by characteristics 17
• Conclusion 28
• Louis Hodge and Lorna Stevenson 29
• Education Policy Institute 29
• Louis Hodge and Lorna Stevenson 29
• Education Policy Institute 29
• Strand 2 29
• Introduction 30
• Key takeaways 30
• Data 32
• Descriptive picture 33
• School level effects 39
• Characteristics at the school level 43
• Conclusion 50
• Jenny Griffiths and Baz Ramaiah 51
• Centre for Education and Youth 51
• Strand 3 51
• Introduction 52
• Key takeaways 52
• Methodology 53
• Findings 54
• Conclusions 61
• Conclusions 62
• Appendices 65
• Appendix 1 Policy timeline and environment 66
• Appendix 2 Tables in support of quantitative analysis 75
• Appendix 3 Formal regression specifications 78
• Appendix 4 Additional results 79
• References 80