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Under-represent...

Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, and Ada Lovelace are just some of the remarkable women who paved the way for future generations of female scientists. ... Read More

A young man, who is wearing protective eyewear, smiles as he enjoys his engineering class with peers - they are all wearing blue coveralls.

Apprenticeship ...

Within our #1MillintoSTEM podcast campaign we talked about starting a career in Science through a lab scientist apprenticeship. Among all vocational p... Read More

Robotics! A Wor...

Robotics! A word that lights up the imagination of every curious young mind fascinated by STEM.For many, it seems like a realm reserved for adults wit... Read More

Beyond the Acro...

What do Statistics, Paramedic Science, and Astronomy have in common? Well, they are all part of the STEM disciplines, namely, Science, Technology, Eng... Read More

Volunteers need...

We are looking for volunteers to mentor students at our Enfield Chemistry Hackathon, running in 2025.As a mentor, you will work with students to devel... Read More

Enfield Chemist...

Volunteers needed! We are looking for volunteers to mentor students at our Enfield Chemistry Hackathon, running in 2025.As a mentor, you will work wit... Read More

STEM Social Sie...

With over 3000 students in attendance, 260 local volunteers, 50 exhibitors who were young innovators,100 teachers, 4 top performers and a keynote spee... Read More

STEM social gha...

STEM Social Ghana Conference, is all about inspiring students, and providing them with the tools to connect them with STEM! Find the unique stories, c... Read More

STEM Social Vir...

Our first-ever virtual STEM Social Summit focused on providing students and fresh graduates with tips on how to get into the STEM industry, mainly Tec... Read More

Leicestershire ...

We\’re excited to announce the launch of eight STEM Hackathons across Leicestershire, in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry! Thes... Read More

Motors and Ment...

Introduction In this episode of Stepping Into STEM, Jessica Okoro is joined by Nadia, a mechanical engineer at Dyson specializing in motors research. ... Read More

Driving Ambitio...

Introduction​ ​ In this episode host Jessica Okoro is joined by Lauren, a software engineer apprentice at JLR. They discuss Lauren’s journey into... Read More

No Is Not a Nev...

Introduction​ ​ In this inspiring episode host Jessica Okoro sits down with Zahrah, a project engineer at Honeywell Aerospace. Zahrah shares her uniqu... Read More

Creative Techno...

Introduction: Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM, speaks with Lauren Ali, a Technology Degree Apprentice at PwC studying Computer Science at the... Read More

It is Never Too...

Introduction:Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM, speaks with Katherine Bond, who manages PwC’s Flying Start Technology Degree Apprenticeship acr... Read More

No Regrets

Introduction: Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM, speaks with Liam, a fourth-year higher apprentice at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Liam works in th... Read More

Diving Headfirs...

Introduction: Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM, speaks with Indraj, a final-year design engineer apprentice at Collins Aerospace. Indy shares ... Read More

Leap Of Faith

Introduction:In this episode of the Step into STEM podcast, Jessica Okoro talks with Shannon, a business apprentice at Honeywell, about her unique jou... Read More

360° Career Dec...

Episode Summary: Craig’s journey began in motorsports, where he quickly realized that his passion for engineering was shifting. After initially pursui... Read More

Brave First Ste...

Episode Summary:In this insightful episode, Jessica Okoro speaks with Michaela, an experienced HR and talent acquisition professional with 14 years in... Read More

Wonder Women Te...

In this article by Wonder Woman Tech, Jessica Okoro’s journey as a student and a young leader, championing the promotion of education in STEM as well ... Read More

Rare Rising Sta...

Jessica Okoro, founder of Be Science STEM, together with nine other black students in the UK, was honoured as a Rare Rising Star. The Rare Rising Star... Read More

The Competitor

Introduction In this podcast Jessica Okoro is in conversation with Aman. Aman is a student of the Flying Start Accountancy degree program offered by t... Read More

Conversationali...

Introduction In this podcast, 21 year old David from London, talks to Jessica Okoro about his love for accountancy, the apprenticeship program at PwC ... Read More

What We Really ...

Introduction:​ ​ Anne-Marie, a recruiter from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) gives her insights about apprentice programs, student recruitment, challeng... Read More

The No Brainer ...

Introduction: Emma Soopramanierm, a B.Sc. graduate student and a member of BNA talks about neuroscience, BNA, the British Neuroscience Association, ca... Read More

Redirection Not...

Introduction:Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience is in conversation with Isaac Alawode. Isaac shares the story of his life, the passion for football, ... Read More

BeScience bring...

Community Foundation features BeScience STEM in an article that shares some of the works of BeScience STEM as well as its founder, Jessica Okoro’s ini... Read More

New Mentoring N...

De Montfort University’s  DMUworks Enterprise Network links founders with entrepreneurial students who will share advice, deliver talks at DMUwor... Read More

Celebrating BAM...

In honour of Black History Month, STEM women celebrates BAME Women in STEM , innovators making history today.  Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScienc... Read More

Dluxe People; T...

In an interview with Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM with Dluxe, she spoke about her life as a student, what it means to be struggling with t... Read More

O2 Think Big Fe...

With the support of O2 Think Big, Jessica set up the BeScience charity to embark on projects to help open up the world of STEM to the community. Jessi... Read More

Prime Ministers...

Based on Jessica’s story of taking her STEM education into her own hands and then going on to change the misconceptions in her local community, togeth... Read More

Lets Localise P...

In order to reach out to young and budding minds with the endless opportunities within the STEM industry, BeScience STEM has partnered with Letslocali... Read More

STEM Virtual Ev...

The 90-Day Student Summit is a virtual event by BeScience, which has been scheduled to debut in September,2021. The 14-week event will roll-out weekly... Read More

STEM Sector

The 90-Day Student Summit is a virtual event by BeScience, which has been scheduled to debut in September,2021. The 14-week event will roll-out weekly... Read More

DMU announces t...

“De Montfort University (DMU) announces DMUworks Enterprise Network – a new network of founders who will work with the University to inspire and motiv... Read More

Digital Leaders...

Jessica Okoro, founder of Be Science STEM was featured on the Digital Leaders platform.  Her work with the charity, BeScience STEM has helped to ... Read More

Football stadiu...

De Montfort University in Leicester, where Jessica obtained her Bachelor’s degree shared an account on Jessica Okoro’s  partnership with the Sier... Read More

Bridging the Ge...

Forward Ladies is a network of 15,000+ female professionals across various fields and industries.  “Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM Survey is a c... Read More

Sir Thomas Whit...

David Howard – Chair of Trustees at The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity – os set to be delivering a talk to students at Leicester College on Monday 23 O... Read More

BESCIENCE STEM ...

BeScience STEM was founded to encourage young people to pursue their dreams in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, while eliminating all... Read More

Jessica Okoro T...

Jessica Okoro, founder of BeScience STEM spoke at TEDx Leicester, where she shared about her experience as a student and the challenges and limitation... Read More

5 go through cl...

After receiving her A-levels results, Jessica was devastated as her grades were not what she was expecting and knew she was going to miss out on her c... Read More

O2 The Blue / T...

O2 Think Big celebrates some inspirational women on International Women’s Day, 2016.  Jessica Okoro was featured, with the story of how she found... Read More

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