{"id":5986,"date":"2026-03-01T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:51:27","slug":"the-stem-challenge-2026-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/2026\/03\/01\/the-stem-challenge-2026-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The STEM Challenge 2026 is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Historically there has been a shortage of girls choosing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects to study and disciplines in which to base their careers. Our club created this challenge in 2013 to inspire girls and encourage them to overcome barriers. We invite secondary school girls to develop initiatives that will improve the lives of women and girls in poorer parts of the world; they work together in small teams to develop the concept, write up a brief and, if shortlisted, create a prototype. The teams then pitch these to experts in the field and are judged in order to win prizes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year 11 teams are participating, a total of 57 girls. The finals take place on March 12<sup>th<\/sup> at Bournemouth University with several local dignitaries attending. Once again, Ellis Jones Solicitors is sponsoring the challenge and judges, who give their time freely, come from STEM areas in commerce, industry, academia and the charitable sector. Watch out for details of the winners!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2026\/03\/Doris-Odlum-SIB-member-consultant-psychiatrist-1890-1985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5987\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2026\/03\/Doris-Odlum-SIB-member-consultant-psychiatrist-1890-1985-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2026\/03\/Doris-Odlum-SIB-member-consultant-psychiatrist-1890-1985-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bournemouth\/files\/2026\/03\/Doris-Odlum-SIB-member-consultant-psychiatrist-1890-1985.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doris Odlum, SIB member and consultant psychiatrist 1980- 1985<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are interested in this and would like to come along to a Soroptimist International Bournemouth meeting to find out more, please email us at sigbibournemouth@hotmail.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically there has been a shortage of girls choosing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":839,"featured_media":5987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The STEM Challenge 2026 is coming! | News | Blog | Events | SI Bournemouth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bournemouth : Blog &amp; News : The STEM Challenge 2026 is coming! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bournemouth . 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