https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/tag/university/ L’altra metà del Sole Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:27 +0000 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2025/01/29/girls-dont-dream-of-becoming-engineers-why-it-matters/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:00:50 +0000 A Scuola https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/a-scuola/ Laura Muller will be the first-ever Formula 1 race engineer for the driver Esteban Ocon of team Haas. The German engineer, who started her career in motorsport in 2020, was promoted last week from her previous position as a performance engineer. Although this is a single move and a single appointment, it is a significant one. It is a sign of a (even so slow) changing attitude in the prominent male-dominant environment. It also cracks (even on a tiny scale) the common stereotype that women do not like motors or are not good at anything related. This choice is one of the latest "first times"...]]> 75614 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2024/01/02/sexism-academia/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:00:58 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ Higher education and research institutions are critical...]]> 67593 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2023/11/09/male-dominated-cybersecurity/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:00:01 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ Cybersecurity is all about having policies, processing procedures and dos and don’ts of using these digital assets in a secure manner; there is a difference between the way...]]> 66805 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2023/06/21/a-gap-year-to-better-focus-on-personal-aspirations/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:00:17 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ 181 and 185 thousand 18 to 24 years decided to wait to enter university after graduating from high school. UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admission Service) reported that in 10 years from 2012, the number of those deferring their education has increased by 52,1%. In the Netherlands, in 2022, the number of students putting off their studies increased, with 67% of teenagers who started a degree compared to 72-75% registered in previous years*. In the US, where the percentages are still minimal, from the pandemic many...]]> 63674 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2023/03/28/anna-dorangricchia/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:00:30 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ Female entrepreneurs face some of the highest levels of discrimination in accessing capital or productive resources: 45%, compared to the world average of 27%. In an area with one of the highest unemployment levels, over half of the female workforce is hired informally, and women tend to spend six times more on domestic work and unpaid care. If already worldwide, girls and women are the most impacted by economic downturns. In this region, they are also threatened by disasters related to climate change, economic...]]> 62070 https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2022/11/01/the-dream-gap-prevents-girls-from-entering-steam/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:00:06 +0000 English https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/category/english/ fields and are considering those fields for a career. Since technology permeates all aspects of living, there are more STEAM open positions than male professionals can fill. Thus, there is great potential for women, who continue to be well underrepresented in those areas. But when it comes to representation, presence and participation of women in STEAM jobs, the good news almost end here. The challenges begin early in women's lives and continue throughout their careers. They tend to consider those areas too difficult or not something for...]]> 58652