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Evaluation of the ‘Raising Aspirations in Physics’ project

  • Start date: 1 October 2012
  • End date: 31 July 2014
  • Primary investigator: Dr Indira Banner

This review set out to determine what previous research and surveys reveal in relation to the barriers preventing young people from disadvantaged backgrounds choosing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects post-16.

Download the recommendations from the Institute of Physics website

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