My Skills My Life in action
My Skills My Life continues to enrich classroom sessions, events, and many other settings.
We want to thank everyone involved in sessions, and who supported our mission to make STEM more visible and accessible to women and girls.
Below, we have compiled a selection of free-to-download My Skills My Life session examples and case studies.
Led by a school
UTC Reading led and ran their very own My Skills My Life session for International Women’s Day 2021. Download the case study.
Sir John Leman High School ran My Skills My Life as part of a STEAM themed careers week. Download the case study.
Classroom sessions
Allyson Lister's classroom session with Dringhouses Primary School. Download the case study.
Lisa Secrett’s primary school session. Download the case study.
Amy Locks' first My Skills My Life session. Download the case study.
At an event
Read about how Network Rail ran My Skills My Life at the Big Bang Fair 2019. Download the case study.
Read about how Unite the Union used My Skills My Life at the Great Yorkshire Show 2019. Download the case study
live webinar WISE.
Online
In March 2020, WISE held an online My Skills My Life session with live role models, mothers and daughters, and over 100 girls joining online using the online resource. Watch the video on YouTube.
In June 2021, WISE held an online My Skills My Life session with live role models, using the paper resource. Watch the video on YouTube.
WISE has developed a pack detailing how a session can be run online. Download the session pack.
Community Sessions
How My Skills My Life was integrated into a wider event for Girl Guides. Download the case study.
Anne Okafor led a My Skills My Life session with her Brownie Unit. Download the case study.
Zanjabil Qureshi leads a My Skills My Life session with a local Girls Youth Club. Download the case study.
BMS Consultant Bamidele Farinre inspires the next generation of STEM in the ‘A Day in the Life of a Biomedical Scientist’ workshop. Download the case study.
We recently worked with WISE member Pfizer to showcase the exciting opportunities within the pharmaceutical sector by creating a bespoke Pfizer My Skills My Life resource, featuring Pfizer role models and the personality quiz.
In collaboration with WISE member University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), we created a bespoke Women Apprentices in STEM resource to showcase the exciting opportunities within STEM apprenticeships.
This features women apprentices from various sectors and companies across the UK and highlights a wide range of apprenticeship pathways.
"Enjoyed all of the practical information and activities! The Personality Quiz is excellent and very adaptable to use in the classroom. Katherine is a fantastic trainer and so enthusiastic! Thank you"
Pfizer Employee
"The My Skills My Life training was well run and informative. If you have never seen any information on My Skills My Life prior to the training, don't worry, as everything is covered from concept to how to run a My Skills My Life session in a school. I really liked the fact we did a practical example of working through the different types of roles we would be role models for and then were taken through the various literature we can use at sessions. I left the training feeling equipped and inspired to start setting sessions up to help inspire more girls into STEM. Thank you WISE!"
Mags Teale
Digital & Intelligent Products Lab, Intelligent Automation, Lloyds Banking Group
"My Skills My Life help you to understand yourself a bit more, and that in turn will help you to inspire the next generation"
STEM Hub Employee