Self-confidence: The secret of success in modern Britain

OECD study shows UK has biggest science gender gap of any major developed country.

Self-confidence makes a bigger difference to people's likelihood of success in Britain than in almost any other country, a major international study suggests.

Analysis by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that teenagers with a stronger belief in their own abilities score more highly in science and maths tests than those who doubt themselves.