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Women In STEM Podcast
Empowering Girls in STEM featuring Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon
Exploring Stemettes with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon & Neha Yasin - Women In STEM Podcast hosted by Kelly ShunguIn this episode, we dive into the inspiring world of Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise dedicated to engaging, informing, and connecting the next generation of women and non-binary people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths (STEAM).Joining us is Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, the visionary co-founder of Stemettes, mathematician, computer scientist, and advocate for diversity in STEM. She is also known for her role as a guest presenter on Countdown. Alongside her, we welcome Neha Yasin, a passionate...
2025-02-10
29 min
WithAI FM™
Future-Proof Your Career: Embracing AI in the Workplace with Sonia Nash
This conversation digs into the transformative impact of AI on human relationships - particularly within the workplace - featuring insights from Sonia Nash, a Principal Solutions Consultant at SAP Concur. Sonia discusses how AI is not only reshaping job roles but also enhancing productivity by automating mundane tasks, allowing employees to focus on more meaningful work. With a recent Gartner study highlighting that 80% of technology products will be developed by non-technical individuals by 2024, the conversation explores the rise of business technologists and the democratisation of tech innovation. Sonia shares her personal journey from...
2024-12-19
1h 01
How I Crushed It
Anne-Marie Imafidon - Former child prodigy turned Tech thought leader
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE was a child prodigy and aged 11 she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level Computing in the UK. She has carried this gift through to adult life and in 2013 she co-founded Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM & STEAM sectors. Anne-Marie was the temporary Arithmetician for 60 episodes on Channel 4’s Countdown, the world’s longest-running game show and she is currently Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University. Website Stemettes Book - She's in CTRL ...
2024-05-29
54 min
The Longest Day Podcast
S3 E12 - Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE (Stemettes)
This week, Anne-Marie Imafidon is Leahs guest on The Longest Day. She is a keynote speaker, presenter, and co-founder of Stemettes, the enterprise inspiring the next generation of women into STEM roles.As a leader, Anne-Marie is all things to all people: she will never ask someone to do something she wouldnt or couldnt do herself. One of the advantages of this approach is that trust, authenticity, and inspiration empower her colleagues to step up in their roles. Another is that it gives her, as a leader, gravitas because of the value she brings to the different...
2024-03-28
26 min
The Longest Day Podcast
S3 E12 - Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE (Stemettes)
This week, Anne-Marie Imafidon is Leahs guest on The Longest Day. She is a keynote speaker, presenter, and co-founder of Stemettes, the enterprise inspiring the next generation of women into STEM roles.As a leader, Anne-Marie is all things to all people: she will never ask someone to do something she wouldnt or couldnt do herself. One of the advantages of this approach is that trust, authenticity, and inspiration empower her colleagues to step up in their roles. Another is that it gives her, as a leader, gravitas because of the value she brings to the different...
2024-03-28
26 min
UKTN | The Podcast
Defining AI for good and overcoming tech superpower roadblocks – Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO, Stemettes
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO and co-founder of the Stemettes, discusses the power of role models for women in tech, how AI for good shouldn’t just focus on boosting productivity, and why a fixation on ‘wokeism’ is a roadblock to the government's science and tech superpower goals. Imafidon is a British-Nigerian social entrepreneur and computer scientist. She founded Stemettes, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM, in 2013. Imafidon launched the Stemettes after becoming aware of the lack of diversity in degrees like science and maths. The University of Oxford alumna says that while there has been pro...
2023-11-28
36 min
Technology Untangled
Routes into STEM – Could apprenticeships solve the tech talent crunch?
Routes into STEM – Could apprenticeships solve the tech talent crunch?There’s an acute shortage of candidates for tech jobs – in fact, research suggests tens of millions of potential roles are going unfilled. In a poll with global technology chiefs conducted by MIT’s ‘Technology Review’, a majority found that they weren’t getting enough candidates for roles, and those who did apply lacked necessary skills. Clearly, there’s a problem here. So what can tech companies do to bring more talent through the door? Could building a baseline of investment in new, or even unqualifi...
2023-10-31
33 min
TrackPoint Talks
AI & Emerging Tech for Education with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon
Welcome back to TrackPoint Talks—your single source for the latest tech trends affecting the education industry.On today’s episode, Lenovo’s Casey Sutton talks with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, an international Author, Speaker, Presenter, and Co-founder of Stemettes—an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in STEM. The topics explored include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies in the education industry, and their undeniable potential to change the future of learning.Press play now for the full story.
2023-09-21
45 min
Discovery
The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Anne-Marie Imafidon passed her computing A-Level at the age of 11 and by 16, was accepted to the University of Oxford to study Maths and Computer Science. She's used to the 'child prodigy' label that's followed her throughout her career, but that doesn't mean she's had an easy ride.It was a combination of personal experience and the discovery that the number of women working in the STEM sectors - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - was in free-fall that inspired Anne-Marie to found Stemettes: a not-for-profit social enterprise introducing girls to STEM ideas and careers in fun and...
2023-08-21
27 min
Sustainable Matters
1 | Anne-Marie Imafidon
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a maths whizz - famously passing her maths A level at 11 years old. Ten years ago, she founded the Stemettes, a social enterprise working to inspire and support girls, young women and non-binary people in STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) careers.She passionately believes that technology can help with the sustainability mission if we invite everyone in to think about how. Anne Marie is president of the British Science Association and was voted the most influential woman in tech in the UK in 20...
2023-08-14
37 min
Danielle Newnham Podcast
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE REPLAY
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is the co-founder of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative focused on getting girls, young women and non-binary people excited about, and encouraged into STEM fields through mentoring, qualification academies and STEM clubs.But let’s go back a bit. Because to understand why Anne-Marie chose this path, you need to understand her life story. At age just 10 years-old, Anne-Marie got her GCSE’s in Maths and Computing –these are exams that are normally taken at age 16 here in the UK. By age 11, she had done her A levels (which are usually taken at 18) and by...
2023-06-23
57 min
The Life Scientific
Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science
Anne-Marie Imafidon passed her computing A-Level at the age of 11 and by 16, was accepted to the University of Oxford to study Maths and Computer Science.She's used to the 'child prodigy' label that's followed her throughout her career, but that doesn't mean she's had an easy ride. It was a combination of personal experience and the discovery that the number of women working in the STEM sectors - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - was in free-fall that inspired Anne-Marie to found Stemettes: a not-for-profit social enterprise introducing girls to STEM ideas and careers in...
2023-06-13
28 min
Beyond Numbers by Xero
Accounting for diversity, equity and inclusion in tech and beyond
How will artificial intelligence impact the future of accounting? And how can the tech sector be more inclusive? These are just two of the big topics explored by Xero Talks’ keynote speaker, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon is a prodigy in every sense of the word. At age 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level Computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. She’s had some impressive roles throughout her career in finance an...
2023-03-22
26 min
The Shelina Show
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon on getting into STEM and what is asylum?
A deep dive into the most talked about stories of the week. Shelina is joined by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, mathematician, author and CEO of the Stemettes. Shelina and Anne-Marie discuss how our lives have changed three years on from the first Covid lockdown, STEM content on TikTok and whether science alone can solve the climate crisis. Plus, how can we change the negative narrative on refugees and asylum? Zain Hafeez from Citizens UK tells Shelina why he thinks the topic is so polarising, how we can resolve it and shares his experience of asylum. Listen...
2023-03-22
38 min
Little Revolutions
Dr Anne-Marie Imfadion: How to build your own blueprint for success
Dr Anne-Marie Imfadion is the CEO of Stemettes, an initiative advocating for women in STEM. Anne-Marie serves as a judge on Amazon’s new educational programme, the Alexa Young Innovator Challenge, which aims to nurture tomorrow’s computer scientists from diverse backgrounds. It forms part of Amazon Future Engineer – a childhood-to-career programme that inspires, educates and enables children and young adults to realise their potential in computer science through bursary schemes, teacher training and online tutorials. With her we discuss believing in your own power when you don't see examples of successful people that you feel re...
2023-03-13
48 min
Danielle Newnham Podcast
Women in Tech: Advice to Younger Selves Part II
As it’s International Women’s Day, I wanted to do what we did last year and hand the episode over to some of the amazing women I have had on the show in the past year, and of course I will link to each of their original episodes below so that you can check them out in full.In order of appearance in today’s show, we have the wonderful Cat Noone of Stark, Noor Shaker of X-Chem and Glamourous AI, Ayah Bdeir of LittleBits, Jane Metcalfe of Wired and Neo Life, Dr Mary-Lou Jepsen of Oculus...
2023-03-08
17 min
40 Minute Mentor
Getting Into STEM with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon & Amali de Alwis
Following International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re looking back on two 40 Minute Mentor episodes with two absolute trailblazers - Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon and Amali de Alwis. Anne-Marie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise working to inspire and support girls, young women and non-binary people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths careers. You may also know Anne-Marie from the popular Channel 4 show Countdown, or have come across her new book, ‘She’s In CTRL’. Amali is the CEO of Subak, the world’s first not-for-profit accelerator that scales...
2023-02-13
14 min
The Career Happiness Podcast
Episode 159 - 3 tips to help you prepare for a STEM based career
In this episode we talk about 3 tips to help you prepare for a STEM based careers The main things I spoke about in this episode were: 1. Why do want a STEM career and what does it mean? 2. What are the key things needed in a STEM based career 3. How can a STEM career help you in the future? 4. Women and STEM 5. Conclusion around this Links I mentioned in this episode https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/civil-engineering-degree https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jo...
2023-02-10
31 min
40 Minute Mentor
Where Are They Now: Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon On Her Book, ‘She’s In CTRL’ - A Practical Guide To Using Tech To Improve Women’s Lives
“This idea of a lone genius that has all the answers does not solve anything, it only makes things worse.” We’re back with a fresh episode of our ‘Where Are They Now’ feature Series, where we invite some of our most popular 40 Minute Mentors back on the podcast to discuss their latest news and insights. This time, we’re joined by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, Co-Founder and CEO of Stemettes, Author, Podcast Host and Arithmetician on the popular Channel 4 show, Countdown. In this episode, we find out: ➡️ The story behind Anne-Marie’s new book, ‘She’s In...
2023-01-11
19 min
Stemettes Say What?
What's next in Tech?
In the final episode of Season 1, the big question is: what's next in tech? Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario are joined by Designer and Creative Technologist, Maria Than to look deep into the crystal ball and explore the endless possibilities of the rapidly growing tech sector. Together, they cast their gaze into the future of the tech industry and explore the challenges around Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-Funglible Tokens (NFT), the overlap between tech and art, and so much more! You can connect with Maria and Ricebox Studio (@blurbnaton or @riceboxstudio) on...
2022-12-29
40 min
Stemettes Say What?
What are the benefits of being a mature student?
In the penultimate episode of Stemettes Say What?, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Lauryn Mwale continue to ask the important questions. This week, they spoke to Professor Sue Black OBE and asked her: what are the benefits of being a mature student? Sue is a Professor of Computer Science at Durham University. Life-long learning is the theme of the day, and Professor Black gets deep and shares her personal story about her journey in education. The topics covered in this episode include applying for courses, loans, accommodation, ageism, work-life balance and much m...
2022-12-22
30 min
This Independent Life
15: Rebekah Lloyd: Thank You & Merry Christmas
I know I said that the last episode was going to be the final episode of series 1, but I wanted to take a moment to create this message of love and gratitude to you all. Also, to invite you reflect on your own life with a few key questions as you go into the new year, and to ask for your feedback on how TIL can take things up a notch and create more impact for you in 2023. This time last year, This Independent Life didn't exist, and although I got a little emotional whilst recording this, u...
2022-12-21
18 min
This Independent Life
14: Rebekah Lloyd: 12 tips I learned interviewing 12 founders about independence
I can't believe that we've officially wrapped up the interviews for series 1 of the podcast! I'm so grateful to all of my incredible guests and I thought it'd be helpful to bring you this short and sweet, practical, and motivational episode where we're mixing things up and sharing the 12 tips I learned from interviewing 12 founders about independence. From dancers to coaches, from management consultants to period care, from actors to investors, and across all the unique facets of health, work and money, it's evident that no matter what your journey or life path has been so far...
2022-12-19
16 min
Stemettes Say What?
What made you choose to work abroad?
Increasing technological developments and career ambitions means now, more than ever, people are venturing off the beaten path and working abroad in different countries. This week, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario ask: what made you choose to work abroad? The question is aimed at their guest, Anisah Osman Britton, the Founder of 23codestreet. Anisah talks about why she decided to work abroad, planning her international movements and offers practical advice about taxes, settling in and much more. For more information about Anisah and her work, visit https://www.23codestreet.com/.
2022-12-15
35 min
This Independent Life
13. Nicola Charlotte: Founder of Nicola Charlotte Coaching
Nicola Charlotte is a lifestyle-led Business & Mindset coach helping female entrepreneurs to confidently expand the success of their business, whilst living their vision board life. Blending strategy, with energetics and mindset work, Nicola helps her clients to achieve their big dreams & visions, with ease, clarity and consistency. Freedom & fulfilment are two of Nicola's biggest values - e.g. financial freedom, freedom to travel whilst increasing your impact and feeling fulfilled in ALL areas of our lives, because when we feel at our best, we create our best results. Ways to work with Nicola: private 1:1 coaching, masterclasses & trainings or T...
2022-12-14
39 min
Sounds About Right: Audiobooks to Help Us Understand the World
#34: She’s In CTRL: How women can take back tech – to communicate, investigate, problem-solve, broker deals and protect themselves in a digital world with Anne-Marie Imafidon
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.She is also the co-founder of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors. Since its inception 10 years ago, it has exposed 60,000 young people across Europe to Anne-Marie’s vision for a more diverse and balanced science and tech commu...
2022-12-12
29 min
Stemettes Say What?
What hobbies will enhance your career?
On Episode 9, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Lauryn Mwale ask: what hobbies will enhance your career?Joining our hosts is Quantum Physicist Dr Merritt Moore, who is talking about how her hobbies enhance her STEM career. Dr Moore also shares tips on how hobbies are vital to developing new skills, learning more about yourself and having healthy well-being.For more information about Merritt and her work, visit www.physicsonpointe.com.You can also connect with Merritt on Instagram, Tik Tok and Twitter: @physicsonpointe and on LinkedIn...
2022-12-08
33 min
IBM TechXchange Podcast
Embracing the Challenge: Women and the IBM zSystems Platform
When UNICOM’s Michelle Harris started her career in the IBM zSystems world 30 years ago, women were a rarity. Today there are boundless opportunities for women on the zSystems platform, but nurturing them requires dedicated attention. Programs like IBM Z Xplore and innovations like Zowe are making zSystems more accessible and more attractive. From recruiting talent, to developing skills, to navigating job roles, Michelle shares practical guidance for organizations looking to improve diversity -- encouraging women to embrace the challenge and forge their own path in the zSystems domain. ResourcesWe hope you enjoye...
2022-12-07
18 min
This Independent Life
12. Annabel De Gheldere: Founder of Womco
Annabel de Gheldere is the Founder of Womco, the first personalised nutrition app for hormonal health & wellbeing. Annabel is passionate about sustainable health, foodtech and nutrition. After a Bsc in Business and MSc in Sustainable Development, she worked at Aleph Farms, a leading cultivated meat start-up in Tel Aviv. This experience pushed her to launch her own venture - Womco. A science-backed femtech platform on a mission to bridge the gap between nutrition and women’s hormonal health. Womco is the first science-backed personal nutrition platform for women's hormonal health and wellbeing. They analyze your specific hormonal da...
2022-12-07
22 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is the importance of a career mentor?
At Stemettes, we believe in sharing our experiences, paying it forward and developing the people around us. One of the key ways we do this is through mentoring, and this week’s big question is: What is the importance of a career mentor? Joining us for this special episode is former Great British Bake Off contest and Stemette alumni, Manon Lagreve! The Founder of Manon’s Little Kitchen shares her special recipe for mentoring success! For more information about Manon and her work, contact her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manon-lagreve-34b03b7a/
2022-12-01
38 min
Off Air with Jane & Fi
You've declared yourself a cockle convert
Jane and Fi discover the benefits of Sea Moss with Sea Moss Boss boss Tee McKen. They're joined by Dr Anne Marie Imafidon, the youngest ever girl to pass A level computing and founder of Stemettes, about her new book 'She's In Ctrl'. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Assistant Producer: Kate Lee Times Radio Producer: Rosie Cutler Podcast Executive Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. S...
2022-11-30
36 min
This Independent Life
11. Deborah Streatfield: Founder of The Careers Office
Deborah Streatfield is the Founder of The Careers Office, an organisation educating employers and linking the most disadvantaged students to change the working world. Deborah began her career teaching in secondary schools before moving into outplacement. Further work with HMP Bronzefield, alongside working with the homeless, instilled the idea of a Charity; MyBigCareer launched in 2013 and Sponsorstars in 2017, sponsoring children facing poverty in the UK. In 2021, Deborah launched The Careers Office. Additionally, she is Governor of St Mary’s University. Throughout her 40-year career, Deborah has juggled the demands of six children. She believes that every student sho...
2022-11-30
38 min
The Business Leader Podcast
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon: Empowering the next gen of tech
Dubbed a child prodigy, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE was the youngest girl to pass A-level computing at 11 years old. She then went on to receive a Master’s in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford at the tender age of 20.Having held positions at Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard and Deutsche Bank, Imafidon is no stranger to having a seat at the table. However, she soon realised the table was far from diverse. In between stints on Channel 4’s Countdown and running her own project, Stemettes - a social enterprise that aims to empower and enab...
2022-11-30
56 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is life like as a freelancer?
In Episode 7, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Lauryn Mwale continue to ask the important questions. This week, the Stemettes will be unpacking what is life like as a freelancer? Joining the hosts is Jocelyn ‘Joss’ Tasker, a Freelance Banking, Product, Risk and Regulatory Consultant.For more information about Joss and her work, contact her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyntasker/Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as on Linkedin. We h...
2022-11-24
35 min
This Independent Life
10. Martina Ceccarelli: Founder of Comma Periods
Martina is the founder of Comma Periods, a holistic hub for period health with the mission to end period pain. Comma started as a monthly subscription box but quickly transitioned into an education platform as a response to the urgent request for radical period pain relief. The inspiration to start this project came from Martina's own experience with debilitating period pain and her frustration with the lack of options in the healthcare industry. Since then, she's been on a journey towards healing her pain in a holistic way, together with experts, period coaches and industry leaders. After the...
2022-11-23
27 min
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast
Full STEAM ahead - Nurturing the talent pipeline
In this episode, our host Ellie Griffiths chats to Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon – mathematician, computer scientist and co-founder of social enterprise Stemettes – about our sector today and Anne-Marie’s own prodigal trajectory through it, including her road-to-Damascus moment, as well as the labour involved with changing cultures, and enriching the quality of the solution.
2022-11-22
36 min
Danielle Newnham Podcast
Anne-Marie Imafidon: Child Prodigy to Tech Leader
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes an award-winning social initiative focused on getting girls, young women and non-binary people excited about, and encouraged into STEM fields through mentoring, qualification academies and STEM clubs.But let’s go back a bit. Because to understand why Anne-Marie chose this path, you need to understand her life story. At age just 10 years-old, Anne-Marie got her GCSE’s in Maths and Computing –these are exams that are normally taken at age 16 here in the UK. By age 11, she had done her A levels (which are usually taken at 18) and by age 13...
2022-11-18
58 min
Stemettes Say What?
What are the challenges faced in entrepreneurship?
In Episode 6, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario return to tackle another big question. This week it is: what are the challenges faced in entrepreneurship? Joining the hosts is Rachael Twumasi-Corson, CEO of Afrocenchix, to share her personal story and break down the science of entrepreneurship.For more information and Rachael and her work, visit www.afrocenchix.com.Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as on Linkedin. We have a...
2022-11-17
39 min
This Independent Life
9. Nafeesa Jafferjee: Co-founder of Quirk
Nafeesa Jafferjee is the co-founder and head of product at Quirk, a personal finance app that uses psychology and the latest banking technology to help young people better manage their money. Nafeesa has over 10 years of service and user experience design expertise and has led product teams and shipped consumer products at scale. She was the Lead designer at OpenTable in San Francisco, building consumer apps and prior to that the first design employee at Vungle (an ad tech start-up) where she helped build and scale their product, which got acquired at an $800 million valuation in 2019. ...
2022-11-16
23 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is the deal with Academia careers?
In the fifth episode, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario deep dive into what is the deal with academia careers? Joining them is special guest, Astrophysicist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Johanna Vos, to explore the three parts of an academic career, planets, dealing with rejection and much more!You can connect with Johanna on Twitter at: @johannamvos and for more information, visit, johannavos.github.ioFind out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well...
2022-11-10
37 min
This Independent Life
8. Charlie Rosier: Founder of Babbu
Charlie Rosier is the Co-founder & CEO of Babbu. Babbu is the UK’s first online nursery™; designed to support, reassure and empower parents and their children in the first critical few years. We are driven by a simple but ambitious vision: a world in which all children reach their full potential. Prior to Babbu, Charlie owned and managed Cuckooz Nest – a totally flexible, PAYG nursery with onsite workspace, designed to make childcare more affordable for freelance/self-employed parents whilst also allowing them to be present during those important first 1,001 days of their child’s life. A mother of one an...
2022-11-09
23 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is the stigma with talking about our salaries?
In the fourth episode, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Lauryn Mwale talk money, money, money! Money is sometimes a very difficult topic to discuss, especially when it comes to working, so the Stemettes are here to explore what is the stigma with talking about our salaries. Joining them is special guest, Cerisse Goodhead. Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as on Linkedin. We have a newsletter that you can join too: bit.ly/StemettesNewsletter. ...
2022-11-03
32 min
This Independent Life
7. Rebekah Lloyd: Why I Started This Independent Life
This episode, we're mixing things up and hearing directly from the creator, producer, and host of the This Independent Life podcast, Rebekah Lloyd. Whilst this doesn't go into every single detail or aspect of her journey (as it's a long and multifaceted one that will definitely be expanded upon in other episodes!), Rebekah dives into some of the main reasons why she founded her business, This Independent Life, takes you through a simple self-reflection exercise to help you evaluate where you're at in your own independence journey, and gives you some inspirational, practical and motivational tips to...
2022-11-02
38 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is life like in your early career stage (in Tech)?
In the third episode, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Lauryn Mwale ask important questions about being a graduate in the STEM job market. Joining them is a special guest, Kim Everitt, who is a Test and Development Engineer at Ballard UK, Kim Everitt. You can connect with Kim on Instagram and Twitter at @kimmyeveritt and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-everitt-8b4405a9/Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as w...
2022-10-27
36 min
This Independent Life
6. Mary Agbesanwa: Founder of Now Your Talking Network
Mary Agbesanwa is passionate about how technology is transforming and democratising the financial services industry and supporting millennials to achieve their full potential. Mary spent several years working as a strategy and operations Management Consultant. Now she works at a B2B fintech leading sales. She also runs a female millennial entrepreneurial community and business called the 'Now You’re Talking Network' which has over 850 members and aims to help women earn more and be more confident. The network runs regular events and workshops for their community of women and staff at over a dozen leading companies inc...
2022-10-26
23 min
Stemettes Say What?
What to expect as a graduate in the job market?
In the second episode, Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host Carla Rosario ask important questions about being a graduate in the STEM job market.Joining them is special guest Mimi Nwosu, who is an award-winning Civil Engineer and fan of all things concrete! Mimi is @engineermimi_ on Instagram and Twitter. You can also connect with Mimi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-isabella/What kind of personality are you? Take the test: www.16personalities.com Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/p...
2022-10-20
37 min
This Independent Life
5. Tiwalola Ogunlesi: Founder of Confident & Killing It
Tiwalola Ogunlesi is a globally recognised coach specialising in positive psychology, international speaker, author and the founder of Confident and Killing It. Confident and Killing It is a purpose driven organisation and community that wakes women up to their worth so they can be confident, unstoppable and dare to live the life they truly desire. Through engaging and practical workshops and media, Tiwalola equips women with the tools they need to overcome fear and self-doubt, programme their minds for success and take action in life. Her first book Confident and Killing It was published by HarperCollins in...
2022-10-19
24 min
Glowing in Tech
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE - Part 2: Tech burnout, Future of work, AI developments
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors. In 2022 she released her new book She’s in CTRL a guidebook for women to take back tech. In this episode of the Gl...
2022-10-18
25 min
BBC Inside Science
Is the James Webb Space Telescope too good?
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to beam exciting data back to earth from exoplanet systems, galaxies and stars further away than we’ve ever seen before. But what happens to that data when it reaches us? We spoke to Julien De Wit from MIT about how exactly we process the vast amounts of information sent back to us from the telescope and how sometimes our computing systems just can't keep up. The British Science Festival is taking place in Leicester this week, and diversity and inclusion is one of the top priorities. Many groups are still al...
2022-10-13
28 min
Stemettes Say What?
What is happening now?
Stemettes Say What? is finally here! In this first episode Head Stemette and CEO Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon and co-host, Carla Rosario ask important questions about the current state of STEM, The STEM gap and much more!Joining them is special guest, Holly Boothroyd, who is a Software Engineer and Founder of Her Hello World. Holly is @herhelloworld on Instagram and TikTok and herhelloworld.com/Find out more about Stemettes and this podcast at https://stemettes.org/podcast/. You can follow @Stemettes on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as on Linkedin. We have...
2022-10-13
38 min
This Independent Life
4. Kevin Withane: Founder of Diversity X
Kevin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Diversity X, a community and VC firm in the making that supports underestimated founders solving real-world problems and making a positive impact in their communities and the world. Diversity X is the home of the underestimated founder®. We support underestimated founders® by creating opportunities to access capital, (including working on building our own VC Firm), providing founder education, and creating a support system for underestimated founders® to thrive. Kevin qualified as a barrister and has a background in corporate law. He has worked around the world over the last two...
2022-10-12
23 min
Glowing in Tech
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE - Part 1: How women can take CTRL in tech, empowering women & communities
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford.She is the CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors.In 2022 she released her new book She’s in CTRL a guidebook for women to take back tech. In this episode of the G...
2022-10-11
18 min
Stemettes Say What?
Stemettes Say What?
Get ready for fun, honest and practical conversations with experts in the world of (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths). Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon is the host of Stemettes Say What? - a brand new podcast series from Stemettes! Along with and co-hosts, Lauryn Mwale and Carla Rosario; we’ll be tackling important topics and asking the real questions that need to be answered. Episode 1 of Stemettes Say What? will be released on Thursday 13th October 2022. Subscribe now to get it when it drops! Find...
2022-10-06
02 min
This Independent Life
3. Afsaneh Parvizi-Wayne: Founder of Freda
Afsaneh Parvizi-Wayne is the founder of Freda, an award-winning natural and organic period and bladder care product subscription service that has been created by women for women, and that give back to women as a portion of every Freda purchase is donated to initiatives worldwide tackling period poverty. Freda like to think they're more than just a period subscription service. They want to be a gathering place for health- and socially-conscious women who want to change the way the world looks at both period products and periods themselves – as a natural and healthy process. Affi wa...
2022-10-05
25 min
This Independent Life
2. Hannah Mijovski: Founder of The Actualisation Academy
Hannah Mijovski is the founder of The Actualisation Academy, who are committed to empowering people to live purpose and value aligned lives both professionally and personally. Hannah Mijovski is a performance and life coach who is committed to empowering people to enjoy sustainable success across all facets of one's life, including their physical, mental and spiritual health. Having worked in the fast paced world of luxury fashion PR for ten years and subsequently experiencing chronic burnout that saw her wheelchair bound, Hannah strives to offer hope for those struggling to keep all their balls in the air. Th...
2022-09-28
51 min
You don’t look like an Engineer
Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE: Woman in CTRL | Episode 13
In this episode Sohan and Laura interview the highly influential Anne-Marie - Multiple award winning, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. An example of early exposure leading to developing interests and excellence, Dr Anne Marie received her Master’s Degree from Oxford University at just 20. In 2012 she founded Stemettes to inspire the next generation of women in STEM, for which she was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Join us as she speaks about her latest adventure in writing and releasing ‘She’s in CTRL’, a guidebook for women to take back tech. Tune in to hear...
2022-09-22
42 min
This Independent Life
1. Jemma Sawyer: Founder of ILOH
Jemma Sawyer is the founder of ILOH, the UK’s first by women, for women sexual health and wellbeing retailer. Jemma is gifting all This Independent Life listeners 20% off orders over £30 with the code 'This Independent Launch'. ILOH is a concept store selling an edit of contemporary pleasure and menstrual products, all exclusively created by women. Championing female design innovation and empowering women is at the core of what ILOH stands for. Each item on ILOH has been curated to live in plain sight and confidently become part of everyday life. We provide a unique shame-free shopping exp...
2022-09-21
40 min
Black Women Working
SHE'S IN CTRL with Anne-Marie Imafidon
The BWW Podcast Team are joined by British computing, mathematics and language child prodigy, founder of the Stemettes, Anne-Marie Imafidon to discuss her latest book on women in tech - 'She's in CTRL'. Hosts, Natalie and Chantelle unpick Anne-Marie's skilful selection of of anecdotes that enlighten us on the journey that women have been through in their contributions to the ever changing technological age. Yet, another episode with so much to learn, but an affirmation for women to continue to stand in their power. Keep the conversation going by connecting with us; Email: blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @bwwpodcastuk...
2022-09-20
46 min
Black Tech Unplugged
(Ep. 063) She's in CTRL Unplugged with Anne-Marie Imafidon
Never in my life did I think I'd actually talk to a child protege let alone interview them. Meet Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, protege, keynote speaker, creator of the award-winning social enterprise, Stemettes, and author. On episode 063, Anne-Marie and I discuss her journey as a child protege, why internships are important and how to get the most out of them, and most importantly her new book, She's in CTRL. Buy her book here | https://aimafidon.com/books/ Sponsor for this episode | BPTN Check out their event, BFUTR, on October 19th-21st in Toronto | https://app.obsidi.com/summit/b9047f9e-bd55...
2022-09-08
50 min
LEAP Listens
Episode 10 | How to recruit more women into STEM with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
In this final interview of Series One, Dr.Anne-Marie, Co-founder of Stemettes, shares her experience and knowledge with Sara and Roger about how organisations can inspire and attract and recruit more women into STEM roles. LEAP Listens is brought to you by LEAP Create, an award-winning people communications agency. Find out more at leapcreate.co.uk
2022-09-06
20 min
The Royal Bank Business Show
The Royal Bank Business Show - Disruptive Technologies and the future of business with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
This week Angellica Bell chats with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, founder of Stemettes, an award winning social initiative which is helping young women enter science and technology sectors. Dr Anne teaches us her approach to taking advantage of new disruptive technologies such as the Metaverse, to get ahead of competitors and why it’s important to experiment. Listen now for insights that could help your business grow with confidence.Please note that the views and information have not been endorsed, issued or approved by Royal Bank of Scotland. Any views expr...
2022-08-02
25 min
The NatWest Business Show
The NatWest Business Show: Disruptive Technologies and the future of business with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
This week Angellica Bell chats with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, founder of Stemettes, an award winning social initiative which is helping young women enter science and technology sectors. Dr Anne teaches us her approach to taking advantage of new disruptive technologies such as the Metaverse, to get ahead of competitors and why it’s important to experiment. Listen now for insights that could help your business grow with confidence.Please note that the views and information have not been endorsed, issued or approved by NatWest. Any views expressed in this podc...
2022-08-02
25 min
Making Tech Better - Made Tech
Product management and STEM Diversity, with Karl Dickman
Why is product management the perfect background for a STEM ambassador? In this final episode of Season One Clare Sudbery talks to Karl Dickman, Senior Product Manager at the Department for Work and Pensions, about what good product management looks like, and how to make sure that people from all backgrounds know what choices are available in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Karl Dickman is Senior Product Manager at DWP Digital. He’s a self-proclaimed Product nerd, instrumental in taking ideas from the drawing board and making them an operational reality. His personal mantra is designing wi...
2022-04-12
48 min
The Right Angle
Ep 08: 'Girls do STEM too!' with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
Listen to host, Nicola Woodford-Smith talk chat with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon about the huge success of the Stemettes to being the recent arithmetician on Countdown, as well as how teachers can encourage young people to explore more STEM inspired roles. Follow Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon on @aimafidon.
2021-12-17
34 min
Challenging University Podcast
coding, caring and cloud solution architecture - Akua Apeagyei
Akua Apeagyei is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft on a degree apprenticeship programme. She's also a young carer, an award-winner and the founder of Anomalys Foundation - an Instagram community she has created to bring more young people into STEM.In this episode, Akua talks about the source of her resilience, the importance of spotting opportunities and why education doesn't just take place in the classroom. There's also a gap year that is nothing like what most people would expect, picking up the programming language Python in a day and the magic of mentoring.
2021-11-29
31 min
She Talks Tech: from WeAreTechWomen
DR ANNE MARIE IMAFIDON MBE
Today we hear from Dr Anne Marie Imafidon MBE. As Co-founder and CEO of Stemettes, Anne Marie is a leading figure in the tech industry, known for her innovation and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. In this episode of She Talks Tech Anne Marie leans on her own career journey from being a child math prodigy to successful head of the social enterprise, Stemettes, to motivate other women who’re interested in technology. With discussions on how to get more women in tech, dispelling myths on what qualifications you need to work in te...
2021-10-27
42 min
40 Minute Mentor
Changing The Face Of STEM with Dr Anne - Marie Imafidon MBE
In this 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by a real-life child prodigy, Co-Founder and CEO of Stemettes, and Host of the Evening Standard’s Women Tech Charge podcast, Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE. Anne-Marie was one of the youngest to pass two GCEs in two different subjects while in primary school and completed her master’s degree from the University of Oxford by the age of 20. Since those days, she’s been knocking down walls and inspiring the next generation of women in STEM, through her work with Stemettes – a social enterprise promoting women in STEM caree...
2021-10-13
46 min
HER ambition
S2 Ep4 - Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE on Women in STEM
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Oxford. So as I’m sure you can tell, she’s potentially the most intimidating guest we’ve ever had on. But thankfully, for me (and the rest of young women), Dr Anne-Marie has channelled her wealth of experience and pioneering spirit into co-founding Stemettes, an award-winning social initiative dedicated to inspiring the next gen...
2021-07-08
39 min
Making Tech Better - Made Tech
Women in Engineering day with Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE
To celebrate Women in Engineering day on 23rd June, Clare Sudbery talks to Anne-Marie Imafidon about why women need to be in the room at all levels of technology, and to some of our female senior engineers about their experiences in the industry. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE is the CEO of Stemettes, the host of the Women Tech Charge podcast, and in 2020 was voted the Most Influential Woman in Tech in the UK by Computer Weekly. Subscribe to our newsletter Episode links Our theme tune is “For The Miles” by Richard Murray. Li...
2021-06-22
45 min
Stay You Boo
Ep 12// Diversity in STEM: the disappointing reality
How exciting, we have our first ever guest! Emma (AKA p.h.days) is currently doing her PHD in molecular biology and is an absolute queen (go and listen to her podcast 'Persistently Hard Days' if you haven't already!) We're having a long old chat about the frustrating state of demographics in the STEM field. From socio-economic class, to race, to gender - there are numerous failings in the industry and it needs to change. We've all witnessed this inequality in some way, shape or form and also the detrimental impact it can have on individuals but also at higher le...
2021-05-03
43 min
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Numbers of the year: Part one
Tim Harford asks a group of numbers-minded people to take a look back on the year and think of one statistic that really stands out for them. From the spread of Covid-19 to the number of songs added to Spotify this year, we showcase figures that tell us something about 2020. We speak to Oliver Johnson, professor of information theory at the University of Bristol in the UK; Anne-Marie Imafidon, creator and CEO of social enterprise Stemettes; and economist Joel Waldfogel, of the University of Minnesota.
2021-01-08
08 min
The Mentor
10. Seek Forgiveness Not Permission
It's episode 10 and Solomon and Lois have some special guests. We chat to young entrepreneur Sebastien Vanderlinden, Stemettes founder Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE and we also catch up with Toni, who's had a very successful week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-12-15
44 min
She Talks Tech: from WeAreTechWomen
What can we do to encourage more young girls into STEM?
Today we hear an incredible panel, facilitated by Sonya Barlow, discussing how individuals and companies can encourage more young girls to pursue careers in STEM. We will hear from a number of leaders who are running campaigns and initiatives to support schools and young adults with the skills and encouragement they need to prepare them for a career in their chosen field of technology, science, engineering or maths. Sheridan Ash works in tech innovation and women in technology at PWC. Rav Bumbra is the founder of Cajigo, a dual app that provides mentoring and support to...
2020-11-25
29 min
Make Possible Bitesize
Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Co-Founder and CEO at Stemettes and Bola Ajose, Technical Operations Analyst at Permutive
On our 11th show, we're joined by Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Co-Founder and CEO at Stemettes. Hear what she's most proud of and how she's driving change in the tech industry. Learn more about Stemettes, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers, at https://stemettes.org/
2020-11-17
10 min
Ninetwentynine
How to build an inclusive business
In this week's episode, we decided to change things up a little. Instead of learning about what listeners can do for the benefit of their business, here's what businesses need to be doing for the benefit of their workers.Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, founder of Stemettes, sat down in her home and taught a lesson on the importance of diversity not just in the STEM fields but in all growing businesses. Listen in on this fascinating and insightful conversation on the roles we can play in making the workplace a better and safer place f...
2020-11-02
09 min
The Target Oxbridge Podcast
In conversation with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
For this episode, Naomi caught up with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, the Founder of Stemettes, Presenter of the Woman Tech Charge podcast, and at 20, one of the youngest ever to receive a Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. Anne-Marie was a child prodigy, taking her first GCSE exam at the age of ten and being accepted to Oxford at just 15. She explains what enabled her to achieve such success, how she kept herself motivated, and how she overcame unsupportive teachers by finding ways around the existing system. Stemettes en...
2020-11-02
52 min
She’s Obsessed - The Podcast hosted by Jamelia Donaldson Produced by Jevetta Boyce
Episode 21: "Character is more important than skill, the wrong character can kill a business" w/ Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
After some time away, I am back with a topic which is amongst the top questions I have received during my start up journey. How do you build a dream team? I couldn't be more excited to introduce you to my next guest Dr Anne Marie Imafidon MBE (YES - DR!). Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a British computing, mathematics and language child prodigy. She is one of the youngest to pass two GCSEs in two different subjects while in primary school. Imafidon founded and became CEO of Stemettes in 2013, a social enterprise promoting women in STEM careers. We discuss all th...
2020-10-23
56 min
#Railnatter
#RailNatter Episode 30: Skills gap? What skills gap? (#RailWeek special with Harriet Glen)
It is #RailWeek! Which means we are having a special Rail Week-themed #RailNatter! In Episode 30, we'll be joined by brilliant transport planner Harriet Glen for a live, hour-long ASK US ANYTHING session! Interested in a career in the railways? This is the Q&A for you! We'll be setting out to answer the following questions... What is the skills gap and how bad is it? Why do we have a skills gap? How can we look to address the skills gap? As promised, here are some links to help with... FINDING...
2020-10-07
1h 30
Starts at the Top Podcast
Episode 2 - Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Head STEMette
This is the second episode of Starts at the Top, a new podcast hosted by Zoe Amar and Paul Thomas. It’s about how leaders from all sectors are using digital to navigate uncertainty and forge a path to the future. This week Zoe and Paul are joined by Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Head STEMette, visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland, keynote speaker and a renowned champion and inspiration for women looking to find a role in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). We talked about diversity and...
2020-06-26
1h 06
REALWORK
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, founder of STEMettes
Anne-Marie Imafidon is a trailblazing maths genius who went to uni early, got a masters in maths, made some money in a big company and then woke up and imagined two possible futures, one where men continue to dominate STEM industries and another where women steer. She has done a heap of TED talks and presentations online but this is a rare chance to hear her off-duty and riffing about the things that she cares about and why. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2020-04-07
00 min
Better Angels with Sarah Brown
International Women’s Day 2020 Special
Sarah Brown talks to guests at Theirworld’s sixth International Women’s Day event, where women from all walks of life, with a few men dotted around, gathered to talk and share their experiences, contacts and ideas on how to unlock big change for girls and young women. We hear Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian finance minister and World Bank managing director, nearly moved to tears as she accepted our first Unlock Big Change award. We hear from other inspiring women, including Jo Brand, self-proclaimed ‘comic, writer, mother and super-model’; Amrit Kaur Lohia, musician and Theirworl...
2020-03-08
00 min
UK Prime Minister: The People's Podcast
International Women's Day panel discussion with the Prime Minister
At the International Women's Day event in Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson took questions from an audience of young women alongside two distinguished guests: Dame Kelly Holmes is a Double Olympic Champion and holds the British records for the 600, 800 and 1,000 metres. Dame Kelly had a 10-year army career before going on to win four gold medals and has dedicated her life to British sport. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is the co-founder of STEMettes, a social initiative dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors. Anne-Marie was the y...
2020-03-08
00 min
WDYD?
WDYD? - Side Hustles & Passion Projects
Our two side-hustling guests David and Hannah met 18 months ago - David is the co-founder of Foundervine, a social enterprise that aims to help underestimated and underserved entrepreneurs to build and scale their businesses, such as the BAME community and women in tech. It was at one of Foundervine’s events that Hannah met the team and also her co-founder. Leveraging her expertise in coding and software engineering, Hannah joined forces with an experienced businesswoman to launch vrcalm, an uplifting virtual reality experience that aims to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. They’ve both enjoyed succ...
2019-12-11
53 min
Global Change Agents with Lianna Brinded
Anne-Marie Imafidon, Stemettes founder
A child maths prodigy, Anne-Marie Imafidon used her early academic success as the foundation to launch Stemettes, an initiative dedicated to getting more young women into science, tech, engineering and the maths sectors. She talks about Stemettes' biggest success stories, discusses receiving her MBE and appearing in rapper Dave's music video. https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/live/changeagents/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-23
15 min
The Conversation
Women crunching numbers
Two women breaking the mould in maths and computer science talk to Yassmin Abdel-Magied about the significance of their achievements and the wealth of opportunity for women in technology.Emma Haruka Iwao is a Japanese computer scientist who recently smashed the pi record, by calculating the number to a new world record length of 31 trillion digits. The pursuit of longer versions of pi is a long-standing pastime among mathematicians. Emma has been fascinated by the number since she had been a child. She currently works for Google in Japan and in the US.Anne-Marie Imafidon...
2019-06-10
26 min
Women Tech Charge
Coming March 4: Women Tech Charge
From fashion to finance, technology is revolutionising every area of our lives. Meet the extraordinary women who are leading the charge.Hosted by Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, CEO of www.stemettes.org, Women Tech Charge is a series of candid, inspiring and often funny conversations with inventors, entrepreneurs and even real-life spies. These are stories of eureka moments, successes and failures, passions and ideas, which will inspire you to take charge – woman or otherwise.Women Tech Charge is a podcast from the Evening Standard. For the latest news, entertainment and more audio content visit ww...
2019-02-21
00 min
Maths Appeal
Maths Appeal Ep 10 - Angles and Lines / Anne-Marie Imafidon pt.2
Bobby and Susan talk about angles and lines, explaining how they teach the subject to their students and the common challenges faced by people getting to grips with it. Bobby's puzzle features pizza - not for the first time - and Susan speaks to the brilliant Anne-Marie Imafidon, co-founder of Stemettes. Anne-Marie explains how the idea for Stemettes came about and why it's more about creativity than curriculum.
2019-02-18
00 min
The NCETM Maths Podcast
Raising girls' participation in maths
After GCSE, 20% fewer girls than boys continue studying maths. This limits their access to some of the more challenging, interesting and lucrative careers. But why? In this podcast episode we speak with Rachel Beddoes, Girls’ Participation Coordinator of the Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP). She explains what the barriers are for girls, and what teachers and schools can do to overcome these. She also gives details of events and bespoke support available from the AMSP and other organisations. There are links below for more details on these. Show notes Taking part in the discussion are: Rachel Bed...
2019-02-13
34 min
Maths Appeal
Maths Appeal Ep 9 - Statistics / Anne-Marie Imafidon pt.1
The podcast could be described as above average this week as Bobby and Susan get to grips with statistics. Puzzle King Bobby puts on his dancing shoes for a Strictly-themed puzzle, and our guest is the brilliant Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes. In the first of a two-part interview, Anne-Marie tells us about her early love of maths, passing 2 GCSEs at the age of 10, and why she loves Galois theory just as much as she loves Beyonce.
2019-02-09
00 min
Mansfield College
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE: Women in STEM or how to stop killer robots.
Co-founder of STEMettes and one of the BBC's 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017. Co-founder of STEMettes and one of the BBC's 100 inspirational and innovative women for 2017.
2019-01-25
38 min
How To Own The Room
Episode 5 - Anne-Marie Imafidon
"Who knew, young black women from East London who love Nandos can speak well!" Viv Groskop talks to Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, computing, maths and language prodigy and co-founder of the STEMettes, about under-dressing, turning the stage into your living room and just how important (and unusual) it is to know the point of your talk.
2018-11-19
31 min
In the Balance
Skills for the Future
Fatalists might argue work has no future, that soon pretty much everything will be automated and that the robots will take over. Others say the rise of artificial intelligence and robotics just means the kinds of jobs we'll all be doing is changing. So what sorts of skills will prepare us - and our children - for the future of work, and for jobs which we might not even have dreamt of yet? Join Manuela Saragosa and guests to discuss what we should be studying now. Contributors: Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes Susan Lund, partner with...
2018-02-03
26 min
Changeboard HR Future Talent Podcast
#2 - Anne-Marie Imafidon on engaging young women in STEM
In the second episode of the Future Talent Podcast, we spoke to Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO and co-founder of Stemettes, a social enterprise that looks to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers to young women. Anne-Marie discussed the moment she decided to start Stemettes (01:15), what can be done to break down the stigma attached STEM subjects (05:00), and how businesses can engage young women to promote their industries (13:00). https://www.changeboard.com/ https://www.changeboard.com/future-talent
2017-11-16
24 min
The Influential Women Podcast
Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a British computing, mathematics and language child prodigy. She is part of Britain's brainiest family, the youngest person to have a masters and a world record breaker. Now she is campaigning to get more women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths through co-founding Stemettes – an award-winning social enterprise inspiring the next generation of females in STEM. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. The 'Influential Women Podcast' discusses Anne-Marie’s life, work, passions and influences and is co-produced by presenter Nicki Bannerman and audio producer Juli...
2017-07-07
32 min
The Children‘s Media Conference
CMC 2017 - Changemaker - Yasmin Lodhi
Hailing from the Midlands Yasmin graduated from the University of Aberystwyth with a degree in English Literature. Her passions lie in storytelling and community building through up-skilling the young leaders of tomorrow. She is a Senior Manager and all-round ideation light-bulb at Stemettes – an award-winning social enterprise inspiring the next generation of females into science, technology, engineering and mathematics roles via a series of events and opportunities.
2017-07-01
09 min
Better Angels with Sarah Brown
Rewriting The Code
Sarah Brown talks to Kathy Lette, Leslie Caron, Emma Barnett, Gemma Cairney, June Sarpong, DJ Cuppy, Manal Abazeed of the White Helmets and a host of successful and fascinating women eager to rewrite the code for all girls and women at an event held on 7th March 2017 ahead of International Women’s Day. Join in by listening to this episode of Better Angels, be inspired by their actions and find out how to join in the challenge of #RewritingTheCode for gender equality. This episode looks at those embedded values that are with a girl even before she is...
2017-03-09
00 min
Blacticulate
Episode 28 w/ Anne-Marie Imafidon, founder of Stemettes
Hey guys! We're back at it again with another Blacticulate episode featuring an amazing guest - Anne Marie Imafidon.Anne-Marie is the founder of non-for- profit organisation called Stemettes, which aims to inspire the next generation of females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields by showing them the amazing women already in STEM.We find out how she does what she does in hope that you can either join her cause or start something similar, too.As always your shares, reviews and general feedback is invaluable so please don't hold back. And you can get in touch with...
2016-11-04
41 min
Double Tap
When We Played Goat Simulator 🐐😍
In this episode of Double Tap, Alice Taplin is joined once again by producer Jamie Wareham to play Goat Simulator. But can Jamie make it out of Goatsville with his sanity intact? She also chats to Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO of STEMettes, the company empowering women and girls to get into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths industries. They talk about how her work can help more girls get into coding and games development. STEMettes: http://www.stemettes.org/ #GoatSimulator #WomenInGames #Gaming
2016-03-04
22 min
Anderton Tiger Radio
Sunday Times Festival 18th June 2015
We're the official Radio Media Partner for this year's Sunday Times Festival of Education and we're broadcasting live from Wellington College both of the festival days. This live show was first broadcast at 6pm on Thursday 18th June 2015 from our studio at "S17" Wellington College. On this show our guests were, Ewan McIntosh, Carrie Starbuck, Tom (student from the College) Luke Carey performing musician at the festival, Jessica from STEMettes, Steve Wheeler. Music in this recording is from Tom - with Blind Girl and Luke who performed Now, we also played Will Young -Jealousy. We used our new...
2015-06-19
00 min
The #TeachComputing Podcast, from @exafoundation
#TeachComputing: Year 11 GCSE Computing Lessons 90-92, 18Oct13
with @vikkiville @dawnhewitson @STEMettes
2013-10-18
27 min