Events

Let’s TWIST ran a range of activities to encourage and promote careers in Engineering, Construction and Technology to Women and Girls. These events took place in College, School and the Community.

Please take some time to look at our gallery of past events

Wise Outlook

3 day course to introduce year 9 girls to Engineering as a career option. During the three days the girls are involved in an electronics project, meet female role models working in the industries, visit a company where they see and meet women engineers at work.

What the girls say

‘I enjoyed the part when we were making the WISE box (fuse tester) and the presentations by the girls. It was a great experience!’

‘I came on this course because it sounded fun and interesting. To use new equipment and do experiments. To learn what engineering is about. I also wanted to meet new people.’

‘I loved the practical project because it was something I found interesting and easy to do. I loved it, it was brilliant!’

I enjoyed everything, at first I thought it would be boring, but it was excellent and it has encouraged me to become an engineer. It was a good chance to meet new people.

Constructive Experiences

A one-day experience for girls in year 9. Four girls’ schools in the Bradford Area were brought together at Bradford Girls Grammar School to celebrate National Construction Week.

During the day the girls worked together to build a Giant Tetrahedron from pieces of dowel and elastic bands! They met female role models and became involved in a simulation game called Morrison City where the challenge is to build a small housing estate, put in roads and services in the most cost effective way possible. During this exercise they learn about the different jobs involved in the planning and building of a development.

What the girls said

‘I never thought about working in construction but after the activities we did it looked fun. So I now have a totally different view about it.’

‘I thought I have never heard of any females who do that kind of job. I found it very surprising to hear women who do that work and it was very interesting’

‘I enjoyed everything today but especially enjoyed Sarah’s talk on being a water engineer. I also would like to improve health in that sense in the future’

‘I would say (to my friends) so that no one should ever tell them, that construction is men’s work.’

For more information about courses in Science, Engineering and Technology visit www.ukrc4setwomen.org