My Journey into STEM and Other Tribulations

This blog post is late for when it should have really been published. I felt that my personal views on this could be taken out of proportion and I didn't post it. However, I felt that even after a few days I cannot but express my feelings on this subject.  Today is the memorial day for THE catastrophic event. We all know the one, quite literally, THE One.  THE prime example of exactly why we should all be against terrorists and what they believe in.  9/11 was a tragedy, it was really sad and terrible and I can't imagine being one of the families who got affected. I was only 3 years old when it happened but I can still remember the chaos and shock felt by the whole world which still resonates till this day. I still tear up and choke back tears when I see video footage of the event on social media.  Honestly it's right that it's remembered to this day as one of the ghastly things that terrorists have done. People were JUMPING OUT of the buildings be...

Has two weeks really gone that fast? Will I have to invest in a Harry Potter-esque time turner? Outbox was such a thrill to be a participant of I can hardly believe it's all over.  The Outbox Graduation ceremony took place in Hackney, a disgruntling train journey, bus ride, tube surf and walk in the rain from the Outbox house. The clouds were rolling in and with the first few spatters of rain I'm sure many girls felt as if they were the main characters in a music video for the broken hearted. Our surprise video and Outbox song organised by us girls reduced almost everyone to tears. Am I heartless to have found this more emotional than my own secondary school "graduation"? All of these girls became my Outbox Family and some of us become so close in a week that even if we lived together for a year our friendship couldn't have gotten any deeper. We all shared the same interests in an environment where our passions were celebrated, not laughed at. Say a maths joke ...

-Inspired by Christina Astin on her Scientific Writing session where she told us in pairs to write a 10 minute blog post on someone who really inspired us this week at Outbox Incubator. This will also be my friend Carmen's first blog post, please give her new blog a look see! “When you start a business, people buy into emotions, not the product.” This is what Jeremy Waite said in the afternoon session on Tuesday this week. Who knew that a talk at the Outbox House about Marketing and Strategies and how to promote your business idea would have been so exciting?  Giving us insights into the 70:20:10 model for successful businesses when implementing products into the market, Jeremy inspired us all with his words of wisdom. Following this he introduced the One Sentence Business Model. This was a particular phrase that is structured like                  “ I’m going to do……to make……better           ...

What's going on today at the Outbox house?! Filming that's what! But first, let me set the scene. Waking up is always a challenge and I certainly wasn't ready to go to the morning session let alone be ready to see a camera team in the kitchen as I went to get my morning tea. However, having lived in the Outbox house for a week already I decided to just roll with it. Life at Outbox can get pretty crazy and it started to look like today wasn't going to be an exception. A hasty change of clothes later I found myself on the steps of the Outbox house smiling into a camera that is used to film Grand Designs. See? Life here is nuts. Starting the sessions for the day was Emma McGuigan (godmother Stemette) who gave us an interview on her personal journey into STEM. She imparted to us her story starting from her engineering degree and uni days to her present life working in Accenture. Like all the personal stories about successful individuals' journeys into STEM, hers was...

Hi all, To introduce myself I'm Ellie, I'm 18 and going to University this year. I'm a bit nervous to be studying Electronic and Computer Engineering because I think I'll be the only girl but heck, why not? Stand out and be different .  I thought it would be a good idea to document my journey into STEM through this blog so I could share my story with you all.  Before I really get started into this blog I'd just like to give thanks to an organisation called Stemettes. They're an organisation who promote females in STEM and they are really the reason why I've developed a love and admiration for STEM. Through their mentoring programme "Student to Stemette" I've gained a mentor. Following this I was selected by Stemettes to be 1 of 5 girls from the UK to go to the Grace Hopper Conference 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona which was an extraordinary experience for a 17 year old. Through Stemettes I was also on BBC Radio1 Newsbeat to talk about th...