{"id":30348,"date":"2023-09-21T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morson-edge.com\/?p=30348"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:11:23","slug":"stem-changemakers-conference-salford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morson-edge.com\/fr_ca\/nouvelles\/stem-changemakers-conference-salford\/","title":{"rendered":"Role models, passion and purpose \u2013 the golden triangle for attracting talent unveiled at the Morson STEM Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

En th<\/a>e first part\u00a0of our look back at the recent Morson STEM Summit, we summarised the purpose of the event and the rich content of the panel discussions held during the morning session. Here in part 2, we share highlights from the speakers who shared their stories, inspiration and insights with us at the event.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Completing the morning session at the Morson STEM Summit was a talk from aerospace engineer, Miss England,\u00a0Jess Gagen<\/a>. Jess is using the platform of the Miss World contest to inspire and encourage the next generation of talent \u2013 in particular female talent \u2013 to aspire to achievement in STEM disciplines and careers. She explained how she enjoys breaking down stereotypes by arriving at schools to talk to students wearing her \u2018pretty dress\u2019 and expressed how important it is to communicate the variety of engineering roles, because her misconception that engineering would involve wearing overalls and working on a lathe in a workshop had dissuaded her as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jess\u2019s talk went far beyond her current work as a STEM ambassador and her future career ambitions. At the heart of her presentation was a story of learning from failure and the critical role that failure has in learning \u2013 a principle known to all engineers! She told delegates how, from the ashes of disappointing \u2018A\u2019 level results, she took a change of direction and completed a foundation year in Physics at the\u00a0University of Salford<\/a>, before becoming one of just nine women in a class of 100 on her aerospace engineering degree course. Jess\u2019s story created a hush in the room as everyone waited to hear how she is now using her experience to motivate and encourage young girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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