STEM Equals

越来越多的科学文献表明，女性在学术界受到主动和被动的歧视，而且这个问题在工程学和科学界尤其持久。例如，在2012年发表的一项研究中，随机分配了男性或女性姓名的申请者被评为物理实验室经理职位。招聘小组将男性申请者评为比(相同的)女性申请者更有能力和更可聘用的人。她们还为男性提供了更高的起薪和更多的职业指导。女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者和变性人(LGBT)学者在科学和工程领域的经历比女性少得多。这可能是因为在科学和工程学院工作的LGBT工作人员数量极少(与艺术和人文学科相比)。一项发表的研究采访了路易斯安那州立大学工程系的学生，发现大多数认同路易斯安那州立大学的学生认为工程学系充满敌意，而且大多数学生都把自己伪装成异性恋者来应对这种异性恋的工程环境。公开的LGBT工作人员数量很少，这表明这是一种常见的经历。STEM EQUALS项目旨在制定倡议，促进斯特拉斯克莱德大学科学和工程学院女性和LGBT工作人员的平等和多样性。然后，我们将扩大我们的倡议，以涵盖其他学院，接触工业界的合作研究伙伴，并与英国各地的其他大学分享最佳做法。我们将在现有倡议的基础上，支持工程系内的女性，制定与性别和LGBT相关的平等和多样性活动的全面计划。我们的目标是：包含更广泛的平等和多样性议程；完全纳入理学院；与主要的产学研合作伙伴发展共同的平等学习经验；开展研究以了解具体挑战和开发新举措；接触其他本地大学和战略行业合作伙伴，分享最佳实践。

There is a growing body of scientific literature that suggests women are actively and passively discriminated against in academia, and that the problem is particularly persistent across Engineering and Sciences. For example, in 2012, a study was published where applications that had been randomly assigned a male or female name, were rated for a Physics Laboratory Manager position. Recruitment panels rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hireable than the (identical) female applicant. They also offered a higher starting salary and more career mentoring to the male.The experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) academics in Science and Engineering are considerably less well-studied than those of women. This may be as result of the extremely low numbers of LGBT staff that are out at work in Science and Engineering Faculties (as compared to the Arts and Humanities). One published study interviewed LGB Engineering students and found that engineering departments were viewed as hostile by the majority of LGB-identifying students and that most navigated this heteronormative engineering climate by 'passing' as heterosexual. The low numbers of openly LGBT staff would suggest that this is a common experience.The STEM Equals project aims to develop initiatives that will improve equality and diversity for female and LGBT staff across the Science and Engineering Faculty at the University of Strathclyde. We will then expand our initiatives to encompass other Faculties, reach out to collaborative research partners in industry and share best practice with other Universities throughout the UK.We will build on existing initiatives, supporting women within the Faculty of Engineering, to develop a comprehensive programme of gender- and LGBT-related equality and diversity activities. We aim to: encompass a broader equality and diversity agenda; fully include the Faculty of Science; develop a joint equality learning experience with key industry-university research partners; undertake research to understand specific challenges and develop new initiatives; reach out to other local Universities and strategic industry partners to share best practice.