GC Insights: Space sector careers resources in the UK need a greater diversity of roles

Martin O. Archer; Cara L. Waters; Shafiat Dewan; Simon Foster; Antonio Portas

doi:10.5194/gc-5-119-2022

GC Insights: Space sector careers resources in the UK need a greater diversity of roles

Martin O. Archer^*, Cara L. Waters, Shafiat Dewan, Simon Foster, Antonio Portas

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Educational research highlights that improved careers education is needed to increase participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Current UK careers resources concerning the space sector, however, are found to perhaps not best reflect the diversity of roles present and may in fact perpetuate misconceptions about the usefulness of science. We, therefore, compile a more diverse set of space-related jobs, which will be used in the development of a new space careers resource.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-123
Number of pages	5
Journal	Geoscience Communication
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-119-2022
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2022

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