12th May was chosen for Women in Maths day as it’s the birthday of the late Maryam Mirzakhani. She’s the first women ever to have won the Fields Medal, which is the mathematical equivalent of the Noble Prize. In the UK, 13th May 2020 will be National Numeracy Day. As a lover of maths, I’ve … Read more …
Today is the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on 11 February every year, it’s an opportunity to recognise, highlight and inspire role models from across the technical world. On Friday, it was Numeracy day – and some schools celebrated this too. In one particular school, the children were asked to … Read more …
One of the most powerful ways to change a social norm is to share stories. Stories are incredible ways to share information, inspire and inform. We’re suffering a lack of participation in technical fields, partly because of an inability to tell the right stories in the right way. This has meant that our social norms … Read more …
