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Week 1
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Figure 3: Digital footprint
Figure 4: adapted from: Herman, C. (2015) ‘Returning to STEM: gendered factors affecting employability for mature women students’, Journal of Education and Work, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 571–91.
Week 2
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Video: How to use LinkedIn privacy settings. Courtesy LinkedIn.
Week 3
Activity 1: extract from Cogent skills for science industries (2015) Our industries [Online]. Available at www.cogentskills.com/about-cogent-skills/our-industries
Figure 1: adapted from: UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2015) High level STEM skills requirements in the UK labour market [Online]. Available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-level-stem-skills-requirements-in-the-uk-labour-market
Table 1: adapted from UK Commission for Employment and Skills (2015) High level STEM skills requirements in the UK labour market [Online]. Available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-level-stem-skills-requirements-in-the-uk-labour-market
Table 2: adapted from: www.prospects.ac.uk
Week 4
Figure 1: adapted from: Office for National Statistics (2014) Characteristics of Home Workers, 2014 [Online]. Available at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_365592.pdf
Figure 2: adapted from Office for National Statistics (2014) Characteristics of Home Workers, 2014 [Online]. Available at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_365592.pdf
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Week 5
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Table 1 adapted from: Silim, A. and Stirling, A. (2014) Women and Flexible Working – Improving female employment outcomes in Europe [Online]. Available at www.ippr.org/files/publications/pdf/women-and-flexible-working_Dec2014.pdf?noredirect=1
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Week 7
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Week 8
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