In this episode we reflect on the podcast since it’s conception, what we’ve covered, what we’ve enjoyed and what we’ve found difficult. There’s more to discuss and we look at what future episodes will hold. Hope everyone has a good break and looking forward to bringing you more guests and content in the new year! Continue the discussion on social media: Twitter: @UnbalancedSTEM Instagram: @unbalancedinstem…

Join us for this episode where we explore how we can inspire children into science and why it is so effective to start at such a young age. We speak to Fran Long, a primary science expert whose career has spanned working as a primary science specialist to her current role as a training and engagement coordinator at a UK battery research institute. Our conversation covers topics from understanding how interventions can inspire more children into science and why it's important to start as young as 10. Can you remember being 10 and inspired about your future? Fran talks about who's job it is to ensure children have access to STEM careers and we discuss our experiences of doing outreach and ensuring both children and parents feel they can get involved in science. Links below: Raising STEM career aspirations through the primary years, The Association for Science Education, Jan 2020 https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/journal-of-emergent-science/issue-18/raising-stem-career-aspirations-through-primary-years Science Capital: An Introduction, King's College London Youtube, Nov 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0t70bwPD6Y WISE campaign, 1 million women working in core STEM in the UK https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/ Faraday Institution STEM Outreach https://faraday.ac.uk/education-skills/stem-outreach/ Faraday Institution "Fully Charged Battery Box" STEM resource for children: https://faraday.ac.uk/stem-battery-box/ Become a STEM Ambassador! https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-ambassadors Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), charity supporting children from under-privileged backgrounds: https://www.seo-london.org/about-us/ Primary Science Teaching Trust https://pstt.org.uk/ Primary Science Quality Mark, University of Hertfordshire http://www.psqm.org.uk/what-is-psqm Fran Long on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fran-long-27a561131/ Fran Long on twitter: @sublimestem Continue the discussion on social media: Twitter: @UnbalancedSTEM Instagram: @unbalancedinstem…

We talk to Farieha Altaf about why someone might choose to leave academia, and her personal experience of diversity, inclusivity, and belonging within and without STEM. References for this episode: Diversity Landscape of the chemical sciences report, RSC 2018, https://www.rsc.org/globalassets/02-about-us/our-strategy/inclusion-diversity/cm-044-17_a4-diversity-landscape-of-the-chemical-sciences-report_web-2.pdf ; Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016 https://www.piie.com/system/files/documents/wp16-3.pdf ; Women In Healthcare Leadership, Results Healthcare, 2019, https://resultshealthcare.com/insight/women-in-healthcare-leadership/ ; Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez, 2019 ; How Lilly is getting more women into leadership positions, Joy Fitzgerald, Harvard Business Review, 2018, https://hbr.org/2018/10/how-lilly-is-getting-more-women-into-leadership-positions . Continue the discussion on social media: Twitter: @UnbalancedSTEM Instagram: @unbalancedinstem…

We introduce ourselves and what this podcast series is all about, and reflect a little on our own experiences in the STEM field. References for this episode: Stats: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032031-900-women-in-physics-why-theres-a-problem-and-how-we-can-solve-it/ https://www.wes.org.uk/content/wesstatistics Articles: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem/553592/ Continue the discussion on social media: Twitter: @UnbalancedSTEM Instagram: @unbalancedinstem…