Jumping the gender hurdle: Helen Jackson's online piece on how to improve gender diversity sparked a lively debate

摘要

While issues such as sexism and salary differentiation remain to be solved, the underlying problem that Jackson mentions is the lack of physics teaching for females. My recommendation is that we should repeat what was done in the 1950s when many scientists were converted to engineers due to national shortage. Many of the graduates in the sciences could be taught engineering, maths and physics in a one-year course ideally developed by engineers rather than academics.