Maths4Girls Event – online webinar
Thu 22 Apr 2021 | 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Fiona Nielsen
Bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Repositive
Repositive Limited
Itxaso del Palacio, PhD
Investment Director at Notion, Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Fellow (class 18)
Notion Capital Managers Llp
About the Business Leaders
These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 90+ people.
About the teacher and students
The event was created by Louise Williams for 160 students at Shevington High School aged Age 15 - 15.
Students from the following other schools also took part:
- Invicta Grammar School – 46 students
- Dixons Fazakerley Academy – 9 students
- Halcyon London International School – 13 students
- Bankhead Primary School – 110 students
Event description
Maths4Girls
In this 1 hour session, business leaders will share insights, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire your students to make informed decisions about their future.
Speakers will ‘tell a story’ about their career journey (up to 10mins):
• How maths played a part and how maths is relevant now
• What inspired them to choose their career path
• Their failures, as well as successes
• What their company does and why this is important
• What they enjoy most about their career
• Skills currently relevant in the jobs they are doing now.
Q&As will follow to end the session.