On 4th July we held the Pedagogic Research Group Workshop titled: Gender Representation in STEM Education, aligned with UNSDGs 4:Quality Education and 5: Gender Equality.
Workshop Agenda
We had two esteemed speakers:
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Dr. Andreea Molnar is an Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology and an Anna Boysken Fellow at the Technical University of Munich, Institute for Advanced Studies. She has a PhD from National College of Ireland in Technology Enhanced Learning, a MSc in Modelling and Simulations and a BSc in Computer Science from Babes-Bolyai University. She is deeply passionate about diversity and as part of the Anna Boysken fellowship, she is looking into factors that affect women enrolment in IT. Her research is focused on using technology for good. As a recognition for her research work, she was selected as a Fellow of the International Science Council. She is a Senior Editor for Information Technology and People.
Kate Bellingham is an Engineer, Broadcaster, Teacher & Champion for STEM Opportunities
Oxford University physics graduate Kate started out as a trainee audio engineer for the BBC. Having taken part in a series of engineering lectures for schools and the BBC Schools series ‘Techno’, Kate was offered a prize job in broadcasting – fronting the weekly live show ‘Tomorrow’s World’, which she did from 1990 to 1994. She went on to host the children’s ITV science programme ‘Big Bang’ and then Radio 5 Live’s ‘The Acid Test’. Kate later returned to the BBC TV as a reporter for the ‘Museum of Life’ and was most recently on our screens as a contributor on the Discovery Channel series ‘Disasters Engineered’. With a personal passion for championing opportunities in STEM, particularly for women, Kate has worked with numerous organisations and companies including the WISE campaign and as President of Young Engineers. In 2010 she was appointed National STEM Careers Coordinator with a focus on helping young people make informed STEM subject and career choices. As a mature student, Kate has gained a Masters in electronics, qualified as a maths teacher and has recently embarked on a PhD at the Centre for Engineering Education at UCL.
We also had three Interns from MDX Works and British Council Going Global Partnership, speaking about their internship experience. Big shout out to Jovana, Kannan and Srinidhi for all their hard work.
The energy in the room was electric and we are still buzzing from the insightful discussions and inspiring talks. We are very grateful for everyone who participated in opening discussions and exploring possibilities for future collaboration.
The event was sponsored by the British Council Going Global Partnerships project led by Dr. Purav Shah and organised with instrumental contributions from Dr Ramona Trestian and Dr Homeira Shayesteh, who is leading the Pedagogic Research Group.
