{"id":1311,"date":"2019-05-23T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2019-05-23T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:25:28","slug":"bame-girls-in-engineering-great-success-at-bristol-brunel-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/bame-girls-in-engineering-great-success-at-bristol-brunel-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"BAME Girls in Engineering great success at Bristol Brunel Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/UdonnaOkeke\">Dr Udonna Okeke<\/a> tells us about a hugely successfull visit of his project, <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/first-dates-announced-for-uwes-new-bame-girls-in-engineering-project\/\">\u00a0BAME girls in engineering<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bba.bristol.sch.uk\/\">Bristol Brunel Academy<\/a> in this guest post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/BAME-girls-in-Engineering-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" width=\"147\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/BAME-girls-in-Engineering-logo.jpg 509w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/BAME-girls-in-Engineering-logo-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 85vw, 147px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/first-dates-announced-for-uwes-new-bame-girls-in-engineering-project\/\">BAME Girls in engineering<\/a> in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/study\/schoolsandcolleges\/boxed.aspx\">UWE BoxED<\/a>, had an outreach event at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bba.bristol.sch.uk\/\">Bristol Brunel Academy<\/a> on Thursday 9<sup>th<\/sup> May and I am extremely excited to say that the feedback from the school has been very positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The school is happy with our outreach project and are very keen for more outreach and other engagements with the project. Based on the feedback, the students are very happy with the outreach activities that took place and would like us to make a return visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.49.30-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1324\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1324\" class=\"wp-image-1324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.49.30-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.49.30-2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-18-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1323\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1323\" class=\"wp-image-1323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-18.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-18-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-18-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-17-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1322\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1322\" class=\"wp-image-1322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-17.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-17-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-17-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-9-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1321\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1321\" class=\"wp-image-1321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-9.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-21-at-16.47.59-9-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-9-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1316\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1316\" class=\"wp-image-1316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-9.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-9-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-11-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1317\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1317\" class=\"wp-image-1317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-11.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-11-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is some of the feedback from the students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cExcellent: it was fun, exiting and very interesting. The robotics coding was very fun, especially when we were controlling the robots\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI thought it was very good and inspiring and I liked making the turbines and playing with the robots. I want the outreach to happen again on a Thursday\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt was nice and fun when we listened to the talk and was given the opportunity to code and control the robots\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feedback means a lot to me and I am looking forward to the next phase of this project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-20-at-15.19.27-3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1313\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?attachment_id=1313\" class=\"wp-image-1313\" 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BAME Girls in engineering in partnership with UWE BoxED, had an outreach event at the Bristol Brunel Academy on Thursday 9th May and I am extremely excited to say that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/bame-girls-in-engineering-great-success-at-bristol-brunel-academy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BAME Girls in Engineering great success at Bristol Brunel Academy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,24,18],"tags":[30,131,70,32],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineering-our-future-people","category-outreach","category-schools","tag-diversity","tag-diversity-in-stem","tag-udonna-okeke","tag-women-in-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}