STEM girls club: Providing the missing link between school and university
Amy Ryman is the founder of STEMgirls Club, a business that provides opportunities for girls to explore STEM careers through weekly engaging and fun challenges. As the Head of Science at a South London comprehensive, Amy became aware that few girls were choosing to pursue extra-curricular STEM activities in comparison to boys. To help address this, she created STEMgirls Club and began a fruitful collaboration with King’s, working with students to engage girls in STEM topics in the classroom.
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Partnership with Kings College London
We are so excited to announce that this year STEM Girls Club will be working in partnership with Kings College London.
Schools will have the opportunity to welcome KCL undergraduates to their club, where they will work with students on a project of their choice; anything from development of vaccines, to new technologies for visually or audio impaired people.
The collaboration will last 8-10 weeks and will finish with a University visit to KCL to present their findings to lecturers at KCL in a real life university lecture theater.
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The impact of COVID-19 on our future generation is unknown...
The impact on our nations students being out of the school environment these past few months is still unknown. But what is clear is COVID-19 has shown us all the huge role STEM professionals have on keeping the country and it’s people safe.
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CIO+1 Event
This Tuesday I was asked by Claire Priestly to open her CIO+1 event. The event was specifically looking at challenging the lack of diversity in STEM and the "leaky pipeline". As STEM Girls Club's approach is to start at the source it made sense to start with me.
When considering how to approach this presentation due to the fact that although I am well used to speaking in front of many people as a teacher, it is unusual for the people in front of me to be already well into the careers.
I decided to start with Why;
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SKY NEWS
2018 is the Year of the Engineer and also the year that a turn across the globe has been felt in terms of gender equality in all industries.
SKY News approached STEM girls this week to document the incredible work being done by female students at Harris Academy Crystal Palace. Where scientist Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer has demonstrated that the lack of females in STEM roles is affecting scientific research. SKY wanted to show the good work happening in STEM Girls clubs across South London bucking the trend that STEM isn't for Girls.
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ROADSHOW Runaway SUCCESS
We’ve long heard of the old boys’ network. This term STEM Girls club had an innovative take on this, with a distinctly modern twist: 22 impressive and successful women from a variety of STEM careers inspiring 80 local girls and young women to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and Maths. Set up
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The Power of Role Models
Who was your role model?
This weekend my niece was thrilled to tell me what she was going to be when she was older.. here it is I thought, a scientist... no, engineer.. no! Games designer..
A gymnast she exclaims... as she roley poleys across the kitchen floor!
Why's that I ask...
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Starts with Why...
As the end of my school journey as Head of Science begins to come to an end I am about to embark on a new journey as Director of STEMgirls Club. Its all coming together now, with the marketing and design aspects complete and the schools for the pilot all ready to go in September. This Summer will be spent seeking out the best STEM companies to use in September and creating the challenges for the club.
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STEM Speed Dating Roadshow at Wimbledon High
On Tuesday 14th November schools from across the South of England who have been involved in the STEMgirls club this term will take part in the STEMgirls Speed dating Roadshow. Inspiring female representatives from all vanities of the STEM field coming together to being grilled by our aspiring STEM girls on advice, tips on how to overcome barriers and networking opportunities.
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One Chance Approach
The headlines from this years exam results all had one thing to say "The boys were back in town." That for the first time since the GCSEs were introduced, boys out did the girls. Now this isn't because this cohort of girls weren't as able as the boys this year, but the shift from modular to linear courses.
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STEMgirls Club launches
A pilot scheme to encourage young girls into STEM careers is launching this month at three schools across the South East. STEMgirls Club, founded by Amy Ryman, former Head of Science at Harris Academy...
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