{"id":4500,"date":"2018-10-22T11:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:11:13","slug":"skirting-science-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/lichfield\/2018\/10\/22\/skirting-science-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Skirting Science 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>On Wednesday 17th October, Soroptimist International, Lichfield Club held their 7th \u201cSKIRTING SCIENCE\u201d STEM event at Rodbaston College, Stafford.<\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<p><!--more-->102 13-15-year-old girls form local high schools participated in workshops presented by professionals from Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths related Companies. 15 Volunteers from Soroptimist International Clubs gave their time to organise and run the event, which was sponsored again this year by Perkins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"fullarticle\">\n<p>STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In Education, it means the study of these subjects, either exclusively or in combination. Employers from all sectors are struggling to recruit young people into these key industries, especially women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist Lichfield,\u00a0organisers of the SKIRTING SCIENCE event, recognise the importance of educating, enabling and\u00a0empowering young women and girls to reach their potential by considering STEM careers which are\u00a0traditionally male dominated.<\/p>\n<p>Schools which took part in the day were: Cheslyn Hay, Clayton Hall, Chase Terrace, Nether Stowe, Rawlett, Codsall Middle School and Hart School. Workshops were provided by Workshops presented by Perkins, JCB, Manufacturing Technology\u00a0Centre, Polymer Science (Wells Plastics), Entrust and Rodbaston College.\u00a0Teachers from the attending schools; pupils; volunteers and Rodbaston staff had a \u201cvery enjoyable\u00a0and informative day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Soroptimist Lichfield Club has already begun the planning for a similar STEM event in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 17th October, Soroptimist International, Lichfield Club held their 7th \u201cSKIRTING SCIENCE\u201d STEM event&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","tag-girls-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skirting Science 2018 | News | Blog | Events | SI Lichfield and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Lichfield and District : Blog &amp; News : Skirting Science 2018 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Lichfield and District . 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