Department for Transport In-School Talks
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2y ago
Stemettes hosted a series of online events featuring inspirational talks about STEM at four different schools across the UK: Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich, Millburn Academy, North Ormesby Primary Academy, and Rushden Academy. On 16th Nov, we had a STEMtastic time w/ Eden Girls' School @edengirlsWF ⁠ with 3 @Stemettes alumnae: @AWidyadari, Precious, and Dami. ⁠ We discussed routes into #STEM, their STEM role models and had a great Q&A with the Year 7's to finish up the session. #WomenInSTEM pic.twitter.com/f51tEDHM3Y — Stemettes ® ★ # + (@Stemettes) December 3, 2020 The events were ..read more
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December Explore @ Department for Transport
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by admina
2y ago
In December, Stemettes and the Department for Transport hosted a two day Christmas event focussed on aerospace and science. It included a panel talk and activities for groups to design a product or business idea relating to aerospace, with the chance to present these ideas on the second day. "Working with people to solve problems is my favourite thing," Engineer and Glider Pilot Liz Sparrow @BritishGliding @BritishGliding Juniors start #DecemberExplore with fun STEM experiments #ShesSheilaScott #WomenInSTEM pic.twitter.com/GbNgMXQs2h — Stemettes ® ★ # + (@Stemettes) December 21, 2020 The ..read more
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Meet the Stemettes in Aviation
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2y ago
On 26 November, the Department for Transport and Stemettes held an online panel discussion with women in aviation to increase awareness of this STEM career path. Seven amazing aviation role models joined in the discussion from industry, entrepreneurship and academia. 2670 young women and non-binary people joined across YouTube, Twitter or Facebook. Welcome! Head Stemette @aimafidon kicks off with Meet the Stemettes in Aviation Panel Event #ShesSheilaScott #WomenInSTEM pic.twitter.com/9sy4WZaraK — Stemettes ® ★ # + (@Stemettes) November 26, 2020 Watch the panel on our Twitter here Those wh ..read more
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2020 October Explore
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2y ago
With the pandemic leaving half-term holidays looking very different this year, Stemettes stepped in to put on 2020 October Explore. It was a free and fun-filled 3-week event, partnering with industries like cyber security, mining and insurance. Screenshot from speed networking with DXC Digital Minds Weeks one and two offered six online and Instagram Live sessions for Stemettes to learn something new, try activities and meet STEM role models. Each session was followed by speed networking. Stemettes heard from industry experts about their jobs, and got tips for networking and overcoming obstacle ..read more
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Stemettes Future Summit @ G-Research
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2y ago
To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day on October 13th 2020, G-Research and Stemettes visited schools across the UK to increase the students’ STEM awareness and perception. Stemettes were joined virtually by 123 students across year 9, 10 and 11. They came from schools in: Chertsey, Leicester, Northamptonshire, Coventry and West Yorkshire. Screenshot from Stemette Future Summit @ G-Research event 12 women from STEM industry, academia and entrepreneurship tuned into classrooms to inspire students to think about a future in STEM. What did the students think? Students rated the Summit 8.2 out of 10 94% h ..read more
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Outbox 2020: “From summer of boredom to summer of awesome!”
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by adminz
2y ago
This post has been written by Anika, 13 who is currently studying at school and attended our Outbox 2020 programme that ran throughout August 2020. Jacqueline de Rojas from Tech UK joined a morning session with the Outbox Junior stream this August What I expected to be a boring summer stuck at home ended up being one of the best summers I’ve ever had! I took part in Sprint A and Sprint B of Stemettes’ Outbox 2020 Program and I had so much fun! I learnt all about cool new career paths that I could pursue in the future, and after listening to all the inspiring and influential role models, my hor ..read more
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Outbox 2020: “Helping to Increase Perspective into the STEM Industry”
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2y ago
This post has been written by Khadeeja, 15 who is currently doing her GCSEs and attended our Outbox 2020 programme that ran throughout August 2020.  Jo Ruxton from Plastic Oceans joined a morning session with the Outbox Junior stream this August For the first 2 week of August, I joined a huge number of like-minded STEMettes on the Outbox 2020 programme. Each morning, we were joined by a number of STEMazing role models, who talked us through their journey into their industries, while others were based around important, relevant topics, such as the development of sustainable fuels to use in ..read more
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Outbox 2020: “My journey learning Python during Outbox has reinvigorated my passion for coding.”
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2y ago
This post has been written by Eve who attended our Outbox 2020 programme that ran throughout August 2020. Kelly Thomson & Jen Wallace from Leidos joined a session with the Outbox Junior stream this August I’ve always been a do-er.  As a young child, my summer holidays were filled with Mad Science camps and extracurricular’s.  STEM club and Crest Awards filled my time after school.  The desire to try new things has never really left me. When I found out about Stemettes’ Outbox program, it was a no-brainer!  Two weeks of focused learning, meeting those in industry, and a ..read more
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Outbox 2020: “The best summer ever, developing Cybersecurity and Python skills”
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2y ago
This post has been written by Isabella, 15 who is currently doing her GCSEs and attended our Outbox 2020 programme that ran throughout August 2020. Dr Suzie Imber joined a morning session with the Outbox Junior stream this August I enjoyed meeting inspiring women in STEM, developing my Cybersecurity and Python skills and having a lot of fun. Every day during August, I had the incredible opportunity to spend the first half of my morning developing my skills or listening to role models in a variety of different fields, ranging from astrophysicists to cybersecurity experts to aerospace engineers ..read more
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Stemettes Leadership Academy @ TD Securities
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2y ago
We partnered with TD Securities for a week-long Leadership Academy running from 22nd – 26th June 2020 for girls and non-binary people aged 16 or over. A total of 158 unique young people attended the events over the week! This was our first ever virtual academy, ran entirely on Microsoft Teams which meant that we had a global reach and were able to welcome loads of young women to the events. Each day had a different theme, and we closed the academy with a graduation ceremony and mini panel with TD Securities role models on Friday. After each one hour session, we had a 30-minute ‘downtime’ sessi ..read more
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