Over fifty female students from colleges across Suffolk and Norfolk are to be wowed by an interactive tech fair and visit to Sizewell B nuclear power station this week in a bid to encourage more girls into the energy and construction sectors.
Over fifty female students from colleges across Suffolk and Norfolk are to be wowed by an interactive tech fair and visit to Sizewell B nuclear power station this week in a bid to encourage more girls into the energy and construction sectors.
Thanks to support from local businesses the Year 8 students will get to grips with drones, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 3D printing and robotics during the 2-day tech fair.
The event, called STEMpower, is organised by the ECITB (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board), EDF, East Coast College, EEEGR and New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership to ignite female pupils’ interest in STEM subjects. The event starts at East Coast College and is followed by a special visit to Sizewell B where the students will enjoy a look behind the scenes of the UKs youngest nuclear power station and meet women working in science and engineering and learn about opportunities at Sizewell C.