Year 9 female pupils from local post-primary schools including St Benedict’s College and Jordanstown School joined Northern Regional College’s students to sample STEM-related subject areas such as Engineering, Applied Science, Animal Management, Computing and Health Science. They participated in various interactive activities from constructing a simple alarm circuit, with home-made pressure plate, to use in a zombie invasion to protect the compound full of survivors to learning more about choking management through using a choking vest at the College’s Newtownabbey campus.
Pupils also had the opportunity to hear from female College lecturing staff, current students and STEM Ambassador who shared their STEM journey outlining the various pathways available to reach their career destination.