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WISE Campaign People Like Me School Resources
techUK was pleased to support the WISE campaign earlier in the summer in a pre-launch seminar of the 'People Like Me' school resources.
Since then, the resources were launched at a high-profile event at the British Science Festival on 8th September. The resource pack is the first novel approach to increasing the number of girls in STEM in 30 years.
Research conducted by WISE in the 'Not for people like me' report, found that talking about scientists and engineers and what tasks they perform often doesn't attract girls. Instead, allowing girls to look at the kind of person they are and how their attributes correspond to roles in these sectors is what actually makes the difference.
The pack will enable teachers and STEM Ambassadors to adopt a novel and effective approach to engaging girls with STEM sector subjects incorporating lesson planning, language guidance and visual support.
