1. STEM Careers Quiz

2. Quiz Question 1 How much more do you earn if you have maths
‘A’ level even if your employer doesn’t know?
2.5 %
5.5%
10%

3. Quiz Question 1 How much more do you earn if you have maths
‘A’ level even if your employer doesn’t know?
c) 10%
Both graduates and non-graduates who took maths A-level ended up earning on average 10 per cent more than those of similar ability and background who did not.
CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1999

4. Quiz Question 2 Where does Britain come in the list of largest
manufacturing countries?
6th
16th
26th

5. Quiz Question 2 Where does Britain come in the list of largest
manufacturing countries?
6th
UK is the world’s 6th largest manufacturing base, The industry employs 3 million people, creates 50% of UK exports and accounts for 75% of all business funded research and development.
EEF 2009

6. Quiz Question 3 What percentage of employers expect problems
getting the right STEM recruits?
15%
43%
59%

7. Quiz Question 3 What percentage of employers expect problems
getting the right STEM recruits?
C) 59%
Despite the recession, 45% employers say they are already having difficulty recruiting staff with skills in STEM. Even more companies (59%) expect to have difficulty finding STEM-skilled people in the next 3 years.
CBI 2010

8. Quiz Question 4 How many of the 650 MPs in the new parliament
have a ‘science’ background? 31 71
101

9. Quiz Question 4 How many of the 650 MPs in the new parliament
have a ‘science’ background?
b) 71
Estimates suggest that overall the number of MPs with science backgrounds has fallen from 86 to 71.
Times Higher Education 2010

10. Quiz Question 5 8.7% of the UK Engineering Profession are
women. Where do we come in the list of 28
European countries surveyed?
14th
20th
28th (ie lowest percentage in Europe)

11. Quiz Question 5 8.7% of the UK Engineering Profession are
women. Where do we come in the list of 28
European countries surveyed?
c) 28th
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12. Quiz Question 5
*Figures are statistically less reliable hence need to be treated with caution
Source: UKRC’s analysis of the European Labour Force Survey (2007)

13. Quiz Question 6 In 2009, did a Brit win a Nobel Prize for ….
Chemistry?
Physics?
Medicine?

14. Quiz Question 6 In 2009, did a Brit win a Nobel Prize for ….
Chemistry?
Physics?
Medicine?
HINT - IT’S A TRICK QUESTION!

15. Quiz Question 6 In 2009, did Britain win a Nobel Prize for ….
Chemistry?
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
(Born in India, works at Cambridge University)
Physics?
Charles K. Kao
(Born in China, worked at University of London)
Medicine?
Jack William Szostak
(Born in Britain, working in US)

16. Where can STEM take YOU?