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Why aren't more girls choosing to study engineering?

Why aren't more girls choosing to study engineering?Nouveau10 min

Making decisions about what to study at university is one of those eternally tricky topics ... And while it seems that the modern student has more options that ever... why aren't more girls choosing engineering? It's the question fuelling our guest tonight... Ashleigh Fox, The University of Auckland's Women in Engineering project manager, has spent years researching what influences the decisions of female students when it comes to pursuing the subject. Ashleigh joins Emile Donovan to tell us more about the findings of her research.