scilence S2: 83 STEM Education & ROLEMODELS

This week my guest is in STEM education and has seen positive change over the last couple of decades.  Despite incremental improvements in gender parity, it is still so important for role models, women in STEM to make themselves known.  

Girls have traditionally been discouraged into STEM.  Maths and physics are seen as subjects for boys and it has been assumed that girls would find these subjects too difficult.  My guest believes that we should stop being over-consumed with the difficulties of academia and focus more on the bigger opportunities that STEM careers can bring.  

Careers in STEM allow people to contribute to solving the biggest scientific and technological challenges of our time.  Engineering, is also an industry that effects absolutely everything we do.  Very few people realise just how frequently engineers have influenced most aspects of our lives.  We discuss how important it is to smash through stereotypes and outdated cultural expectations and educate people on the type of jobs people in STEM enjoy and how they are all making a massive positive impact on the planet!