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STEM Female Group Findings (Advice/Support (Help each other out when we…
STEM Female Group Findings
Advice/Support
By using case studies, it makes the concepts easier to understand
Use student support services
Used LAS when struggling
The first semester is really hard but it gets easier
Wish there were support services specific to each discipline
There are no stupid questions
Library
Friends
Email the lecturers
Help each other out when we need to
Share knowledge
I had to figure out the support services for myself
You have to be willing got accept that you are not ok and that there is help available
As time progress I used services less and less
More likely to go to friends.
Experiences
In a lecture of approx 150- I am usually the only girl
Used LAS
I like the modes of study
Do find the unconscious bias to be prevalent
But I do not go out of my way to show the guys what I can do.
Motivations
Good at math and science- wanted to see how far I could go
Swinburne had the ideal opportunities and the reputation for practical skills and the reputations of graduates in terms of their employment rates
Assumptions
Already used to being the only girl
It would be a different experience
I knew that I would be the only girl
It did not bother me
Very scared- didn't know who to contact
I knew I had to have an open mind
Ideal Experience
Industrial Professional Mentoring
Doing field trips for certain subjects
amazing to visualize what you are learning
Professional Mentors that are women
Having a female mentor who knows the lay of the land
Values
Free and accepting place
I feel like Swinburne is my home
Come here nearly every day
I am comfortable here- I think that matters alot
It is a place where everyone can be whoever they want to be