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Hi Suw, Great to hear about your work which is so important! It's something I'm hugely passionate about, so much so that I decided to focus my entire MSc research project on it. I'm currently in the final write up of my MSc thesis during which I studied the science aspirations of young women visiting We The Curious, the science centre where I work in Bristol, and how other women scientists acting as role models can help encourage them and challenge negative stereotypes. I haven't got a full report to send you yet as I'm still writing it, but some of the most interesting findings from the research were: * 92% of the girls I spoke to were interested in science and thought it was important/useful for everyday life, but only 42% believed they could be scientists themselves * 35% said their reasons for not thinking they could become a scientist was that they 'weren't smart enough', 20% attributed it to a 'lack of confidence' and others didn't understand what they could do with a science degree or didn't know what being a scientist involved The research was well received by the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England where I study, but also at We The Curious where I work, where I hope to work more with the community engagement team as I think this research can go a lot further in future. It's something I'm hugely passionate about and you can also check out the @STEMinist Twitter page I help to run and curate content for as well. Linked here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXpX3Gzz5mU> is a video I created as part of my thesis interviewing women scientists in my local area and I'd love to keep doing more work like this in the future. Best wishes, Tay Tay Aziz STEM Outreach and Science Communication B.Sc (Hons) ¦ M.Sc (scicomms) Phone: (+44) 07880 342432 LinkedIn: <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jenniferhogan1> https://www.linkedin.com/in/tay-yibah-aziz-7416a272 Twitter: @scicomm_tay Blog: www.hivemindscience.co.uk<http://www.hivemindscience.co.uk> YouTube: Hivemind Science ________________________________ From: psci-com: on public engagement with science <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Suw Charman-Anderson, Ada Lovelace Day <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 16 October 2017 13:54 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] Freelance opportunity: Diversity in recruitment Dear PSCI-COM, I am putting together a small toolkit to help STEM employers improve diversity in their recruitment processes, with a particular focus on gender balance. I'd like to cover subjects such as: - Writing job descriptions & ads: Why language matters - Understanding motivations: What are women looking for in a job - Why provide pastoral relocation support Amongst others - I am very open to suggestions and change. This is a collaborative project, not least because we have a fairly tight deadline. The work is to support the Finding Ada Online Careers Fair for Women in STEM, which will happen on 16 November - https://findingada.com/careers/ I'd be very keen to talk to freelances with experience in diversity (and also recruitment or HR if possible), and who are available very soon. Please do send relevant links and let me know what your rates are. Many thanks, Suw Charman-Anderson Founder, Ada Lovelace Day Careers fair: FindingAda.com/Careers<http://FindingAda.com/Careers> Web: FindingAda.com<http://findingada.com/> Twitter: @findingada<http://twitter.com/findingada> Facebook: AdaLovelaceDay<http://facebook.com/AdaLovelaceDay/> ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. 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