STEM The Alternative Future
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STEM
The Alternative Future
Dr Joanne StuartNI STEM Champion
Topics
• Growing Economic Opportunity
• Heritage
• The Here and Now
• Global Opportunity
• Innovation
• Success Through STEM
Growth Areas for NI
• Advanced Materials and Engineering(aerospace, electrical, electronics, automotive, renewables)
• Financial & Business Services (ICT, Software Development, Telecoms)
• Life & Health Sciences
• Creative Industries
• Agrifood
Heritage
• Innovation, Engineering, Entrepreneurial excellence
• Ship Building, Rope Manufacture, Linen
• Innovators who made a global impact
Global Challenges
Global Challenges
Innovation
• Innovative application of STEM• Innovative & Entrepreneurial
Knowledge Economy• ‘Innovated in
Northern Ireland”• Equality
STEM is for Women Too!
Success Through STEM• STEM Business Group
– Promoting importance of STEM to economy– Inspiring and encouraging take up of STEM subjects– Facilitating better engagement between business and
education artery– Careers attractiveness– Gender balance
• Partners– SEC, W5, Sentinus, ASE, BiTC, FE, HE, Learned &
Professional Bodies
Engagement with Education
• Generation Innovation• NI Science Park Christmas Lecture• Sentinus Young Innovators / BT Young Scientist• W5 STEM Ambassadors • Here and Now: Innovation in NI
– www.thehereandnowni.com
• Seagate JuniorTech – 3,000 pupils• Coderdojo / Code Club – ~20 across NI
The Future is Bright
• Raise awareness/change perceptions• Raise ambition and broaden horizons• Belfast Telegraph – 17th September
STEM The Alternative Future