{"id":5658,"date":"2023-11-13T12:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recordsandarchives.westminster.ac.uk\/?page_id=5658"},"modified":"2024-11-13T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:53:42","slug":"uk-stem-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/archive-blog\/uk-stem-day\/","title":{"rendered":"UK STEM Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5658\" class=\"elementor elementor-5658\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d1ab55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d1ab55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d9bb86\" data-id=\"8d9bb86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05424b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05424b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Young women studying science, engineering and mathematics during WW1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f97f73f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f97f73f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44161d3\" data-id=\"44161d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d538bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d538bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 107%;background-image: initial;background-position: initial;background-size: initial;background-attachment: initial\">November 8th is National STEM Day in the UK, celebrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. To commemorate this day, I researched the University Archive to gather more information on the history of STEM subjects. During the period of the Royal Polytechnic Institute (1838-1881), the university had a rich scientific and technological innovation history, led by renowned scientists and engineers like Sir George Cayley, John Henry Pepper, and John Thomas Cooper, among others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1379fca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1379fca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c9c469\" data-id=\"8c9c469\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e988a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7e988a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1820\" height=\"1364\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-1820x1364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5660\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-1820x1364.jpg 1820w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-2048x1535.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-276x207.jpg 276w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-476x357.jpg 476w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_13-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1820px) 100vw, 1820px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee3476e\" data-id=\"ee3476e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aa421c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9aa421c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 107%;background-image: initial;background-position: initial;background-size: initial;background-attachment: initial\">I specifically focused on the &#8220;Science and Grouped Class Registers&#8221; from the academic years 1914-15 to 1917-1918. I looked at Regent Street Polytechnic collection records, namely RSP\/4\/5\/27, RSP\/4\/5\/30, RSP\/4\/5\/38, RSP\/4\/5\/46. I discovered that more than one hundred young women were registered to study STEM subjects during my research. It was surprising as I believed that during this period, most women pursued practical domestic life subjects, such as dressmaking, needlework, and cookery, preparing them for marriage and motherhood.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e95a946 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e95a946\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-824127e\" data-id=\"824127e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c6b0e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c6b0e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During World War One, several STEM courses were taught, including Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Advanced Science, Engineering Drawing, Natural Science, Physics, Aero Engineering, and Mathematics. Chemistry was the most popular course, with 59 female students registered. This course spanned over four years and included theoretical and practical work, suitable for those pursuing vocations related to the field. According to my research, more than ten per cent of young women studying STEM subjects during this period took more than one course. On average, the age of young women studying STEM subjects was twenty years old.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72b56b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72b56b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3ea6b7\" data-id=\"a3ea6b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00a152e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00a152e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fca065\" data-id=\"6fca065\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-864a1f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"864a1f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;As the University was involved in early aeronautic innovation, I was curious to look into the course content for Aero Engineering. In 1917-1918, the course included topics such as the Science of Flight, Aircraft Design, and Mechanics of Aeroplane Construction. Aero Engineering was one of the less popular STEM subjects among young women, with only five studying it between 1915-16 and 1917-18.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to find out information about any University course is to look at the prospectuses and course handbooks. There are also pass lists published that can be found in the Polytechnic Magazine from 1879 to 1960, which is available online here:&nbsp;https:\/\/polymags.westminster.ac.uk\/<br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2863b7\" data-id=\"d2863b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37265e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d37265e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1820\" height=\"1359\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-1820x1359.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5663\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-1820x1359.jpg 1820w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-768x573.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-2048x1529.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-276x207.jpg 276w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/11\/rsp_7_m_1_18-2-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1820px) 100vw, 1820px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a55b093 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a55b093\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40561d5\" data-id=\"40561d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477369e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"477369e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>November, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d46600f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d46600f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2dc3f2\" data-id=\"b2dc3f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young women studying science, engineering and mathematics during WW1 November 8th is National STEM Day in the UK, celebrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. To commemorate this day, I researched the University Archive to gather more information on the history&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":3461,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5658"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5840,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5658\/revisions\/5840"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}