There have been careers awareness visits to the technology cluster making links between education and industry. She’s on a mission to empower the makers of tomorrow, and she’s used her position in Hexagon and Silverstone Park to reach out to out to school children and show them the possibilities of a career in STEM. Many people would be satisfied with helping set up such an excellent project, but not Claire. The relationship was covered by Motorsport UK in July 2021. That was the start of a project which has gone a long way to addressing gender inequality in science and technology.
This month we say goodbye to Claire Waterson, who over her 11-year tenure at Hexagon, has proven time and again that one person can make a very big difference to the lives of thousands of young people.Ĭlaire’s been a champion for Girls on Track for years and she was a leading figure in the partnership between Hexagon, eNovation Consulting and Girls on Track. Thank you for standing up and showing the rest of us what’s possible. It’s a time to celebrate the great people around us and say thanks for your hard work. Happily, International Day of Women and Girls in Science is also a celebration. What we were really sewing were the seeds of the crisis in which we now find ourselves. Instead of learning Maths, Science and English, girls were taught to sew and bake cakes (not to denigrate those skills, but there was no choice involved). Science and industry is suffering from a deepening skills gap, yet until recently half of us were encouraged to stay at home. Nature recently reported that men outnumber women in federal science jobs by 2 to 1. It’s so obvious, so evident and shouldn’t need saying. Gender equality is more than a fundamental human right, it’s a necessary requirement for a sustainable future. Claire Waterson is breaking the mould and over the years she’s encouraged thousands of others to do the same.
It’s also a platform to highlight great achievements. The fact that it does is a reminder that we have a persistent lack of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Saturday 11 February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, but in an ideal world it wouldn’t exist. Empowering the makers of the world should not be gender specific.
We wanted to shine a spotlight on one very special Hexagon hero who has inspired thousands of girls to believe anything can be achieved in the world of STEM. The current state of science and technology owes a great deal to its many unknown heroes.
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