Jess Wade says that recent high-profile comments by Katharine Birbalsingh, chair of the UK government’s social mobility commission, that girls don’t like physics perpetuate false gender stereotypes and limit young people’s aspirations
Closed doors: physics opens up many career opportunities but not all young people are welcomed to physics equally. (Courtesy: iStock/monkeybusinessimages)
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Jess Wade
is a contributing columnist for Physics World and a lecturer and research fellow at Imperial College London, UK