| People Like Me workshop, led by Professor Averil Macdonald OBE, DSc, DUniv, FRSA - Which STEM careers are for you? When it comes to encouraging women into science, technology and engineering, we just haven’t got the messaging right. Most girls decide that jobs and careers in science are “not for people like me.” Let’s do something about this! In celebration of ‘Girls in ICT Day’, WiTT has invited Averil Macdonald OBE to lead this “People Like Me” workshop — a novel approach to figuring out how different types of people succeed in science, technology and engineering and where they will be happiest, using adjectives to describe their personalities and aptitudes, rather than the jobs themselves. In addition to our extended network of women engaged in all types of STEM-related careers, this will be of interest to girls of secondary school age and young women in undergraduate university programmes exploring next steps. Mother and daughter teams have found this workshop particularly powerful and it will be a session from which we can all take away new learning. Traditional STEM outreach and engagement activities have a limited impact on girls and other young people who are under-represented in the STEM workforce. Averil, Professor, past-Diversity lead for nine University physics departments in the South East of England (SEPnet), issued a report titled “Not for People Like Me” for WISE (Women in Science and Engineering), sponsored by Network Rail, that triggered her subsequent launch of the “People Like Me” initiative. The session will comprise a brief introduction to the workshop followed by a short 10-minute quiz that everyone (all attendees including mums & daughters), will take answering questions about themselves to uncover their natural apptitudes. Analysis of your quiz results will lead into a short careers talk around study and career options. After the session, attendees will receive a flyer (PDF) of careers based upon the various ‘types’ described in the session. Please share this invitation with anyone you think may benefit; we’d love to see as many young women as possible in addition to – of course - our extended WiTT community! The evening will run as follows: 6:00-6:10 Welcome 6:10-6:20 The quiz 6:20-7:20 Discussion with Averil 7:20-7:30: Wrap-up 7:30-7:45: Networking We hope you'll join us in April! Please use this link to register: https://witt-girlsinictday21.eventbrite.co.uk
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