Translation of "Professeur d'étude des carrières et de la technologie " (French → English) :

19. Takes the view that initiatives and measures must be taken – principally in the field of education and training, including higher education – to combat stereotyped perceptions of women’s employment; stresses the need to promote and support female entrepreneurship, especially mothers’ entrepreneurship, and career opportunities for women in science and in the ICT sector; underlines the importance of encouraging women to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as of the involvement of women in high-growth industry sectors, particularly in RD, which would significantly boost Europe’s economic growth ...[+++]and competitiveness;

38. Calls on the Member States to ensure that women have access to education, training and lifelong learning at all levels, and, with a view to combating the existing sexist stereotypes, to encourage women to pursue scientific studies and careers; stresses that a higher number of young qualified women involved in science and technology would boost Europe’s growth and competitiveness;

2. Calls on secondary schools and universities to offer specific orientation courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in order to inform women and encourage them to study and embark on careers in fields in which men are overrepresented;

Boys tend to more interested in further study and a career in MST than girls.

European universities do not have enough staff in their science departments to replace lecturers reaching the end of their careers, and fewer and fewer science and technology graduates find work as researchers compared with their main competitors in Europe.

So we've partnered with WestLink in the prairies, at a million dollars, to help encourage young people with science backgrounds pursue careers in technology transfer.