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“ Engineering is a profoundly social calling ”
›› In addition , we have funded groundbreaking academic research at University College London
that has produced an effective teaching approach requiring no changes to curriculum or resources : the Science Capital Teaching Approach localises and personalises how each young person relates to STEM teaching . This has proven benefits in improving aspiration and likelihood to choose a STEM career across gender and ethnicity . The ideas for the approach were co-developed and trialled over four years by Enterprising Science researchers and 43 secondary science teachers in England .
Essential opportunities
International partnerships such as the BP Global STEM Academies with AFS Intercultural Programs and the One Young World global youth sustainability leadership accelerator provide essential opportunities for young people to increase cultural fluency and empathy through experiencing different cultures and building networks , while tackling some of the world ’ s most pressing issues . Our shared future relies on helping the next generation of engineers gain global awareness , so emotional intelligence – with increasing diversity and inclusivity – is vital .
TAPPING INTO DIVERSE TALENT
Claire Madden is a process engineer , working within BP ’ s central global projects organisation ( GPO ) engineering team for the alarm management task force .
How I got into engineering - I went to a state school for girls , completing A-Levels in chemistry , physics , maths and further maths and going on to study chemical engineering at Imperial College , London . I loved my degree . Chemical engineering is a broad subject area which can open up many career paths . People in my class went on to jobs in the banking , manufacturing and oil and gas sectors . You are required to develop quite a varied skill set . There is scientific theory to learn , but a lot of the focus is on problem-solving and report-writing skills which are transferable to other careers . What I do now - My role is targeted at managing vulnerabilities for GPO ’ s 2017 start-ups and beyond ; particularly addressing alarm management performance which has been a significant vulnerability on some of our previous start-ups in GPO . Throughout my time at BP , I have experienced a range of activities from different areas of the business from design and project management , to understanding the issues that arise on operating assets . My career highlight so far - My secondment to the London Olympics in 2012 , where I was a transport workforce team leader . I was based in the ‘ transport hub ’ in Russell Square . We had to transport the different media crews that were covering the games to the venues , working with a team of volunteers .
My biggest challenge - Working on the Shah Deniz 2 project , which involves challenges that come with deep water and high pressures . The project had to develop an isolation strategy to enable interventions on certain pieces of subsea equipment that may fail . My advice to anyone considering a career in engineering Companies are looking for people who are intellectual but who can also communicate and think logically about scenarios . Doing an internship gives you the additional credibility of some ‘ real ’ experience and can give your application form more diversity than others ’. Developing presentation skills is also important , to communicate ideas , and generally comes up as a task in the assessment centre .
TRUE STORY
ABOUT BP BP operates in 70 countries worldwide , finding and producing oil and gas on land and offshore . It moves energy around the globe , manufacturing and marketing fuels and raw materials used in thousands of everyday products , from mobile phones to food packaging . bp . com / en / global / bp-careers . html
RESOURCES A resource pack for teachers outlining the Science Capital
Teaching approach is available : bit . ly / ScienceCapitalResearch
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