Over the Summer, the European Commission launched a new campaign, ‘Science: it’s a girl thing’ to widespread criticism from those who were endeavouring to break stereotypes and promote science careers for girls and young women. While we wished the campaign every success, they started on the wrong foot with their launch video which portrayed women in science as being glamour obsessives without actually engaging in any science.
Continue reading “Science Grrls”A Bit of Reading
July caught me reading ‘The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science’, by Richard Holmes. I know it’s been available for a while and many have reviewed it, but I took my usual route of avoiding reviews in order to let my read develop organically. In this case, I need not have worried. It seems that many have found beauty in the words and stories. I don’t want to review it, as you can find those anywhere. Just trust me, buy the book and throw yourself into an age when people didn’t think of themselves as scientists, they just asked questions. Continue reading “A Bit of Reading”
The STEMNET Case Study (part 6)
Do you have any tips for future STEM Ambassadors?
- Learn to perform. You don’t have to be on stage, but feel poised and assured when you talk. Remember that you usually know more about the activity than those you are teaching. The character is ‘you’, so be yourself. The plot is the story of your subject, so feel confident enough to tell it well.